Your account security is important to the continuity of your business.
A weak password, or unsecured account can often be the cause of unwanted access or abuse of your website, account information, or email addresses.
This article outlines a checklist of the actions you need to take to secure your account from malicious attacks. Such attacks that we commonly see on the internet are website hacking attempts, brute force password attacks, email hacking for spamming attempts, and personal account information hacking attempts.
Follow these steps to ensure that you are well protected:
- Change your passwords and use a Strong Password for all your accounts
- Remove any unused/unwanted accounts
- Sub-user accounts
- Email address accounts
- SSH/FTP user accounts
- Databases and user accounts
- Setup Account Privacy to Private
- Setup a Security Word or your account
- Optionally purchase ID Protection for your domains
- Restrict/Reset password for sub-accounts that have login access
Report any suspicious email or activity to us immediately. If you have any questions about the integrity of your account you should contact us at your earliest covenience.
