Would you give someone you didn’t know access to your bank account? Probably not. And while you might think it is not as important that it be secure—your website should be just as secure as your bank account because your site is your public face! And you can’t have fraud protection on it, you have to protect it yourself.
Here’s my 2 cents:
- Your website should not have an easy-to-guess password. If your password is your website URL, change it. If your password is your company name, change it. If your password is password1, change it. Don’t use your address, company phone number, zip code, or anything else that is an easy guess for the public. I’ve also seen passwords that are the main product you sell—so if you sell phones and your passwords is phones—probably not the most secure.
- Know who has a password. I’ve seen it happen where someone doesn’t know who has a password to their site and a disgruntled employee logs in and make their own “modifications” to the site—normally they’re not the most tasteful or truthful. Not to say that will happen with any disgruntled employee, but it is a possibility. When someone leaves, remove their access or change the password they knew.
- Control who can edit what parts of the website. Your Cirrus ABS developed website can allow you to be specific on which users can see what when they login. If someone should not have access to something, do not give them the access.
- Create passwords that are secure enough not to be guessed. Replace an ‘E’ with a ‘3,’ or an ‘S’ with an ‘$,’ and so on.
Hope that helps…good luck creating your passwords! For any assistance with password requirements for your Cirrus eBusiness solution, contact our support department.
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