How to achieve top-level security on website / web app / API?

These methods i showed you are most definitely fine to implement in your own project and they are doing the right job! Nothing wrong with it. BUT!

What if you could boost it up to another level? What if you wanted to achieve top-level security for your project? What if you could implement DDoS attack prevention system that will be monitored to you in details? In fact, what if you could integrate monitoring system for ALL of these vulnerabilities?

What if i told you there is this tool called SiteLock that exposes vulnerabilities such as: Search Engine/Browser Blacklisting, Spam Blacklisting, Application vulnerabilities, SQL Injection vulnerabilities, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, Viruses and Malware’s, Network vulnerabilities.

What i am about to show you can save you time and money and of course, make your web application (or website) even more secure.

So what is it all about?

Have you heard of Bluehost? Bluehost is one of the largest website hosting providers and powers millions of websites. Bluehost offers above mentioned tool called SiteLock that monitors your website/app and catches any found vulnerability. Also, it can verify your business reputation. SiteLock comes with Bluehost hosting package (Less than $2 per month).

In short, why go for Bluehost specifically? Well, do you want to launch your website in no time and make sure everything related to your web is secure and stable?

Aside of security, stability, Bluehost’s hosting services are pretty cheap and affordable, and SiteLock is a powerful tool to have for your business. Paying less than $2 per month for SiteLock is a right move, and it will truly help you to monitor all of the happenings on your website/app, exposing vulnerabilities and verifying your business (Makes your business trusted).

Summary

These are just couple of methods, practices that you can use in your own project to make your application or API secure. You can explore each one of these more in depth following references i included or simply researching more about them on your own.

I highly suggest implementing this level (or higher level) of security in your own personal projects. Being good at securing backend application is really valuable and it is indeed a great skill set to have. My suggestion is, no matter how big is the project you are showcasing on your portfolio/resume, always include security. You want employer to know that you understand how much security is important. As well you want to show that you are familiar with making data private and secure.

After you did all of this, you could either test your app / API to the maximum, perhaps revealing security vulnerabilities and patching them up or you could always take it to the next level and make security even higher such as: adding 2 Step Verification, Email confirmations, adding csurf, make encrypted passwords stronger etc.

I hope this article was helpful and you got a little bit familiar with threats lurking out there. If you would like to know more about these attacks (pretty much all in-depth) or about encryption (bcrypt, crypto) and other stuff (implementing 2 Step Verification, Email Confirmation etc.), let me know!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them.

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