History Repeats Itself and Now They're after You!

Have you heard the saying, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."?

If you've had a website that has been destroyed by professional hackers, you know it's not a pleasant experience. I know this personally as it just happened to me. In the process, I learned some valuable lessons you can use to avoid losing the website you've worked so hard to create.

You may think your files are safe in your hosting company. But that's where the hackers strike. It seems that the days of the Roman conquest are back. They actually derive some sort of sick and twisted pleasure, destroying our work and 'conquering' another site. Their computers work tirelessly trying one combination after another in hopes of hacking into YOUR site to destroy YOUR work.

Your hosting company is your first area of storage defense. All files should be in your hosting company site. Your second area of defense is your hard drive. Your final area should be a CD or jump drive. Make it a habit to store your information in all three areas and keep it current!

AND ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR FILES! Make sure you have every single file and image saved on your own personal hard drive at the very least. Beyond that, it's a very good idea to create another back up on a CD or jump drive. This creates a third storage area for you to retrieve your information in the event of a hacking episode.

Back to your first area of defense - your hosting company. It's important for you to choose a strong password. You should have a lengthy combination of both upper and lower case characters, as well as some of the @, #, $..... extra characters from your keyboard. This will help to delay hacking on your site. To prevent the siege more fully, change your password monthly, or at least quarterly. This is a pain, I realize. But not as painful as total memory loss where you will have to build your site from the ground up.

Second area of defense - your hard drive. Make sure you have every single image and file on your hard drive saved. Don't just grab code from the net and use the company's bandwidth. First of all, your load time will suffer. And secondly, if you're hacked, it will take you awhile to go out and retrieve the information. Time's of the essence. You want to get your site back up and running as soon as possible. Save everything to your hard drive! AND KEEP IT CURRENT! Make it a habit.

Third, keep your hard drive current and backed up on an external storage device. If your computer crashes, you will have a back up on your hosting system - unless it's hacked, that is. This third area ensures that your files will be safe if the other two are destroyed.

Three areas of storage will allow you to create a strong barrier against attacks. Do this today! Hackers are searching for ways to destroy - believe it. Get the upper hand and even if you are hacked into, you will have the ability to get right back where you left off.

Wishing you the best!

Shawna Ingram

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