SSL Security and the headline grabbers

Online security is a hot topic at the moment. News headlines tell us about the latest security breaches as hackers and malicious groups hack websites, disrupt services or steal customer data and credit card details.

As computer users log-on and access online systems, they transfer data between their internet browser and a web-server where confidential information is stored; e-commerce platforms, subscription services, medical or banking, and a host of online facilities.

Unscrupulous people and organisations attempt to ‘read’ information as it crosses the internet, accessing confidential data or copying databases.

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the security technology for creating an encrypted link between a database or web server and a browser, which ensures all data passed between the user and the server remains private and secure.

Some websites and online providers have jumped on the recent security concerns and introduced SSL Security to grab headlines. In reality it simply serves to highlight that their technology and their customers have been left exposed to serious security risks until now.

Insight Data introduced SSL protocols to its online CRM platform Salestracker way back in 2013. It means data passing between Salestracker and the database held at our server centre is encrypted for added security. We don’t make a fuss about it, because every online system should be using SSL protocols.