Category: Technology

You may have come across free website security checks that claim to help keep your computer from being attacked by hackers. Some of these free website security checks are so full of bluster that they probably have to pay for them somehow. Better still, most of the free tools on this list are actually free. And the only pricey one offers a 14 day free trial, without credit card required. Unlike many of the list articles on how to keep your web site secure, this one is not about choosing the single best free website security check tool. In fact, it is about choosing CMS that will protect you at all times. In this case, the free tool we are talking about is me. Most of us still use MS SQL databases to run our business. The thing is that we don't realize that we are actually making our database vulnerable. There are actually a number of ways to exploit vulnerabilities in a MS SQL database and cause it to crash. If you are using an old version of MS SQL or if you are not keeping your database up to date (which is imperative to preventing SQL injection vulnerabilities), then you are leaving yourself open to these attacks. What is the best website security check tool? It's none other than a CMS. A CMS is an application that runs behind the scenes on your website and checks for any potential SQL injection vulnerabilities. When a vulnerability is found, the intruder will usually be able to gain access to some or all of your website's database. Some criminals may even be able to dump some information onto the server and create another attack. The best website security check tools can do this in minutes. CMS programs such as SiteCheck take just a few seconds to run. The program identifies the vulnerable areas of your site and gives you options to fix the vulnerabilities. You will be given options to fix the vulnerability one at a time or fix it in batches. You can even choose to have the site modified so that no vulnerabilities are left. Once you've fixed the vulnerability, you will be given access to everything on your site. The results page of a CMS like SiteCheck can show you the different vulnerabilities found and provide you with different options for fixing them. If you find a vulnerability, you can notify your web hosting company right away. They will perform an analysis of the problem and tell you whether or not you should patch the site or roll the updates out to everyone else on the site. You can also run the sitecheck command in an observatory mode. This means that you will monitor the traffic to your site for malicious code and decide whether or not to block or encourage visitors.