29 Jul

A Short Discussion about Security Practices of PrestaShop

Security plays an important role for online store since it needs to deal with name, address, bank account, email and other details of the customers. These confidential information can be hacked therefore it is recommended to have a good security for each online store. It helps gaining the trust of the customers. Let us clarify what are needed for a secure online store working on prestashop platform:

SSL Certificates

The data should be encrypted while moving between web server and clients. This is popular and important method. This security procedure is very common and each store should use this. SSL certificate must be enabled in order to get a secured website.

Updated Version

Security is one of the major reasons to launch the new version of prestashop. Change log is updated while a version is released. It is recommended to use update version to improve the security mechanism. Therefore, if an ecommerce business proprietor wants to enhance safety of his or her online stores, it is recommended upgrading to the latest version.

Keeping Backups for the store

Backup can make a copy of any website at any particular time. The file for backup is included in the content and the database. Whenever your page encounters any kind of technical problems, it will help you saving time. It is possible to face with technical issues that must be corrected or anything bad and you required restoring it.

Admin Password

Generally, an account manager exists in the back office with a password. Passwords should not be made on date of birth, names since it becomes easy to find. Using complicated and too long passwords can be difficult to recover whenever it is forgotten. While making an online store, a number of users and password should be created in different level as FTP – cpanel, hosting and database.

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