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There are approximately 193,000,000 registered domains and new registrations
are growing at a rapid pace. Every day thousands of new websites are launched,
and most of these domains are to support these sites. The majority of websites
have a section where users can log in and perform certain tasks such as check
their email, update their personal information, or purchase products and services.
To log in, users enter their user name and password in a box and click the submit
button. What they may not realize is that both of these sensitive pieces of data
are now being transmitted from the user’s PC to the web server, unencrypted, if
there’s no SSL installed. What happens if someone is monitoring the data traffic
and hijacks their information? Bingo! They have access to their account. Keeping
their account data secure is probably one of their biggest concerns and yet
they’ve just revealed their ‘secret’ login information to complete strangers. Plus
—it doesn’t stop there—since most people use the same user name and
password for other accounts, including their bank accounts.
Unfortunately, most companies aren’t taking this seriously enough because, in
their mind, they’re not storing data. Sort of a mute point if they’re enabling access
to everyone’s private information.
Every website—without exception—should have an SSL certificate installed and
users should only be allowed to log in using the HTTPS mode. Today you can get
an SSL certificate for less than $20 per month, and what it ultimately saves
companies and their customers is priceless. As consumers get more and more
security savvy, they’ll only do business with companies that care enough to take
these simple and affordable steps to protect their data.
Keeping my private information secure is very important to me. I personally will
not log in to a website that’s not protected with an SSL certificate. How do I know
if it has an SSL