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If you want to have a top-notch security web site - that is, a site that is completely secure - you've come to the right place to learn how. You probably will have to spend more money for security than you would for more basic web hosting solutions, but it can be worth it - especially if you want people to trust you to process secure credit card transactions over the Web or accept submissions of personal information from them, like passwords, usernames, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
A secure website has the following features:
- You can see that the URL (address) for the web site (or a given page on it) starts with HTTPS:// instead of HTTP://. In order for this to be possible, a much higher level of security is necessary. So when someone submits, say, their credit card number over an "HTTPS" connection, their number is much, much more safe and secure than it would be if they submitted their number over an "HTTP" connection. When we say "much, much more," we mean "more than a trillion trillion times more."
- Depending on the browser you use (most people use Microsoft Internet Explorer, but Mozilla Firefox is becoming more popular all the time), you should see a small image of a closed padlock in the lower corner of your screen when you are on a secure site.
- A secure site may use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt information and provide extra-safe user authentication.
Having a secure web site will enhance your appeal among savvy website visitors and consumers who want to know that their personal information will be protected.
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