Securing your online store from hackers and attacks is a foremost priority that every online store owner must attend to. A security lapse in your online store can gravely damage your store’s finances. If you have an online store built on the Prestashop platform, following are the key measures that can keep your store safe and secure:
Employ Different and Strong Passwords For Every Level
Handling an online store requires setting up a username and password for different levels such as FTP and platform database. It is important that you create different and strong passwords for every level. Make use of a password manager that can store your multiple passwords and also help you suggest strong ones.
Deploy A Secure Payment Gateway
It is important that you deploy a secure payment gateway for your online store. If you do not wish to deploy a third-party payment gateway and want to opt for a non-hosted payment gateway, then you need to give special attention to website security. Perfect security in this case can only be achieved by a Prestashop development company reputed for secure and flawless code.
Deploy Updated Versions For Your Prestashop Store
Prestashop releases minor versions of its shopping cart software in regular time intervals. These versions can be deployed for your online store with automatic updates that Prestashop provides for. Every update comes with bug fixes, that ultimately enhances the security of your online store.
Deploy Security Plugins
There are a host of Prestashop plugins that render security to your online store. Some of them are-
Protect My Shop: The plugin protects your store from all kinds of injections and data thefts. Moreover, you can activate or deactivate a protection based on your needs.
Ban IP Address: The module allows you to black-list suspicious IP addresses and re-direct banned users to another site.
Login Protector: The module allows you to control the access of your store by the use of a login password which only selected people have. The module is especially useful when you want to sell your products to a specific set of people or company.
Block Bots: The module allows you to block your store’s access from particular IP addresses, users from a particular country, and even user-agents.
Download Secure Plugins & Themes
When you are installing themes and plugins from an external source (ie non-official Prestashop source), then make sure that you scan them for malware before use. Additionally,in order to prevent attacks on your store, you must test these third-party plugins and themes for vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can be checked by a team rendering Prestashop Development
Services.
With the implementation of the aforementioned measures, you can secure your website from potential attacks with appreciable success.
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