Website Security Basics for Small Businesses

Hackers don't only target big companies — small business sites are common, easy targets. The basics of staying safe are very manageable.

The essentials

• Use HTTPS/SSL (the padlock) on every page
• Keep software and plugins updated
• Use strong, unique passwords and 2-factor login
• Take automatic off-site backups
• Protect forms from spam and bots

Why modern builds help

A big reason we build on a modern, managed stack is security: there are fewer plugins to exploit and nothing to patch weekly. Hosting on a network like Cloudflare also blocks a lot of malicious traffic before it ever reaches your site.

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