website security

Retailers with a physical shop have locks on the door, a decent alarm system, fire extinguishers, good insurance and so on. Online, on the other hand, there is hardly any investment in good security. That is a double standard. Online, however, there is also danger. In fact, online you may be an even bigger potential target. Investing in proper security is crucial. You are even legally obliged to secure your website or webshop adequately.

Newspapers and news sites publish reports of successful hacking or ransomware attacks almost daily. Cybercrime is the most lucrative form of crime and is far superior to human trafficking or drug trafficking worldwide. It can have a huge impact, but no one mirrors it in their own business.

WebwinkelKeur considers it important that its members have a secure webshop, and this is reflected in the WebwinkelKeur ‘secure browsing’ badge on the website. To make this website security possible, WebwinkelKeur has chosen to collaborate with Trust Guard, an online full-fledged website security scan for checking the technical security of the webshop. Members of WebwinkelKeur receive a 25% discount during the first year, and a standard 15% discount when renewing.

“If you look at the latest change to the privacy statement on any website, you will see that the last change often dates from early 2018: the moment that the GDPR officially replaced the Dutch Act “Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens” (Personal Data Protection Act). That shows how the GDPR lives in companies,” says Jeroen Bosch van Rosenthal of DPO Consult. “Particularly in terms of a DPO, things are still a bit off.”

The government-wide standardisation of IPv6 addresses is in full swing. The conversion from IPv4 to IPv6 not only entails the use of new structured address blocks, but also many improvements in the area of security. With its new scanning technology, Trust Guard offers a solution for companies and government organisations that already work with IPv6 addresses.

On 14 and 15 October, we had a stand at the e-Commerce trade fair in Kortrijk. At the fair, we demonstrated how Trust Guard can help you keep your customers’ data safe.

The collaboration between Safeshops and Business to You is a good example of how two organisations can strengthen each other and together provide an even more complete service. Speaking is Greet Dekocker, Managing Director at Safeshops.

Stichting GeefGratis and Business to You go way back – and we’re proud of it. Geef.nl has been working with Trust Guard and its trustmark on the website for some time now; a good opportunity for us to catch up with founder Jordan van Bergen.

Protecting personal data and monitoring data security is a good practice. Actually acting on reports immediately and taking measures if necessary is even better. It is therefore all the more important that you have access to current and clear information within your organisation.

It is not a question of whether you will be hacked, but when. And if it happens, it is essential that you can demonstrate that you have done everything possible to protect company and personal data. But how do you prove this?