The Importance of Using HTTPS on Your Website
Recently, Google as a giant search engine has revealed a new fact that Google's search engine or site search engine will provide search preferences specific to sites that make secure networks through HTTPS to their website visitors.
Google strongly recommends websites that use HTTPS (SSL).
In fact, they (Google) say they will penalize websites that don't use SSL.
SSL means (Secure Socket Layer) or commonly called HTTPS transport layer protocol that is used to encrypt websites to be more secure before the data is sent to the destination.
Unlike websites (HTTP), all data from the website is sent directly without special protection.
HTTPS certificate (SSL) is not only used for browser-based security, but also for secure server-to-server communication for applications and data exchange.
So using HTTPS, it's like your data plan will be put in a box and locked before being sent to its destination.
If anyone can break the box and open it, of course you can still read the contents of the data.
So HTTPS (SSL) cannot be said to be a deterrent to irresponsible hackers, but it is more appropriate to say that it protects your data so as to minimize the risk of your website being hacked.
- Below is the importance of using an SSL / HTTPS certificate on your website or online store:
- Data sent by the user will not be read by anyone except to the destination server the data is sent.
- The message received is from a clear person via SSL / HTTPS Authentication.
- If your site is hacked then the hacked data will be encrypted when sent by hackers, SSL / HTTPS will protect the data so that it cannot be read.
- The original message sent will not change when sending even though it is encrypted and can only open the data receiver.
- Securities trading transactions are safer using encryption from SSL / HTTPS.
- Some time ago Google had run tests on SSL / HTTPS certificates as a signal to raise rankings in search engines.
Quoted from Google's statement on support services said that the cost of obtaining SSL / HTTPS services varies. Many SSL / HTTPS certificate providers offer a one-year certificate with a value of less than Rp. 1 million rupiah.
This is a solution for online businesses who want to make websites easily, cheaply and safely.
Well, even though SSL / HTTPS services can help protect your data, it doesn't fully protect your website from hackers.
You need more security to improve the security of your website.