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In recent years, e-commerce businesses have become a major target for cybercriminals. According to the security company Imperva, the E-Commerce industry remains a prime target of cyberattacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, online stores saw a big increase in attacks carried by bots. These bots tricked the systems of online shops to carry out attacks, making up about 43% of all attacks<\/strong>, a jump from 26% the year before.<\/strong> Since July, these bot attacks increased by 14%, mainly targeting online shops in the USA and France.<\/strong> This kind of attack is expected to keep going up during big shopping times like Black Friday and Cyber Monday. [Source]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, that’s something, isn’t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re one of the thousands of business owners who use Shopify to power your e-commerce store, it’s important to ensure your shop is secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the importance of Shopify security, give you some tips on how to protect your store, and recommend some tools you can use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, let’s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Shopify Security?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shopify security refers to the measures taken to protect a Shopify store from cyberattacks, fraud, malware infections, and other hacking attempts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These measures can include everything from using strong passwords and two-factor authentication to keeping your Shopify app and plugins up to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Shopify Security Important?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are a few reasons why Shopify website security is so important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, as we mentioned earlier, e-commerce businesses are increasingly being targeted by cybercriminals daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, if your shop is hacked or compromised in any way, it could damage your business reputation<\/strong> and even cost you money to fix your compromised resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, if you’re selling products or services online<\/a>, you need to make sure that your customers’ personal and financial information is safe<\/strong>. After all, if they don’t trust you with their information, they’re not going to purchase from your store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Also: The Ultimate Shopify Pre-Launch Checklist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shopify Security Checklist: How to Protect Your Shop<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now that we’ve discussed the importance of Shopify security, let’s take a look at some of the things you can do to protect your store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Secure form-fields on your store from malicious bots<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bad bots or malicious bots are one of the biggest threats to Shopify stores. They can drain your resources, slow down your store, and even steal your customer information.<\/p>\n\n\n

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To protect your store from bots, you can use a form-field or bot protection solution such as Google’s reCAPTCHA, etc. <\/strong>These solutions work by adding a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) to your forms, which helps to prevent malicious bots from submitting them. Additionally, implementing fake number lookup<\/a> can help verify the authenticity of phone numbers submitted through your forms, further protecting your store from fraudulent activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can enable reCAPTCHA on your Shopify store by following these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i. Go to Online Store<\/strong> in your Shopify Admin menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ii. Then, select Preferences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

iii. In the Spam Protection<\/strong> section, make sure both the checkboxes are checked (see image below):<\/p>\n\n\n

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iv. that’s it. Now, hit the Save<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To strengthen your store against bot attacks, you can further use a dedicated third-party bot protection solution. Just type “bot protection<\/a>” in the Shopify app store and select a reliable app. There are other different ways you can protect your store from bad bots, including using a bot protection service such as Sucuri<\/a>, Cloudflare<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Take periodic backups of your Shopify store<\/strong> (Shopify data security)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Backing up your Shopify store on a regular basis is one of the best ways to protect it from data loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the event that your shop is hacked or compromised, you’ll always have a recent backup that you can restore. <\/strong>This will help minimize any damage and downtime for your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a few different ways you can back up your Shopify store, including using a backup app for Shopify<\/a> or manually exporting products and orders from your shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should also make sure to back up any important files stored on your computer, such as product photos, documents, etc. We recommend using a cloud-based storage service like Google Drive, Dropbox, or iCloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. <\/strong>Continuously monitor your store using an automated solution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Constantly testing and monitoring your store can be laborious, time-consuming, and costly. Additionally, you may overlook significant outages that could result in considerable customer loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To avoid these issues from occurring again, an automated Shopify monitoring app<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\/solution should be used to inspect the operational status of elements such as add-to-cart, checkout process<\/a> and client login. This solution will guarantee a smooth buying experience for your customers while also ensuring that all facets of your store are functioning properly at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are plenty of other tools out there designed to keep active watch over websites. For instance, Intruder\u2019s automated SQL injection scanner<\/a> can monitor malicious attempts to subvert your site\u2019s database, giving you peace of mind without adding to your workload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Use a secure payment gateway<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to payments, you need to make sure you’re using a secure payment gateway that encrypts sensitive information<\/strong> like credit card numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shopify offers its own built-in payment gateway, Shopify Payments, which meets the highest security standards. Alternatively, you can use another popular payment gateway such as PayPal or Stripe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whichever gateway you choose, make sure it’s PCI-DSS compliant<\/a> and your shop is running on HTTPS using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Use a country or IP blocking solution<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t want people from a specific country or IP address to visit your Shopify store, you can always block that country or IP address<\/strong> using a solution\/app that offers this feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many different apps available help you fortify your Shopify setup using IP-based solutions that allow you to not only block access but also identify IP location<\/a> effectively. Just type “block ip<\/a>” in the app store, and choose a reputed app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a great way to prevent potential hacking attempts and malicious traffic that can hurt your store’s SEO efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Use strong passwords and two-factor authentication<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the most important Shopify account security measures you can take to protect your shop from unauthorized login access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure to use long and complex passwords and enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for all your logins. <\/strong>This way, even if someone manages to guess your password, they won’t be able to log in unless they have access to your phone or another device that can generate the second factor (usually a code).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can set up 2FA for your Shopify store using an Authenticator app<\/a> such as Google Google Authenticator (Android\/iPhone), Duo Mobile (Android\/iPhone), Amazon AWS MFA, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Hide specific pages or discounted prices<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you have pages on your Shopify store that you don’t want to show to all your visitors, you can always hide or lock them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can do this using a page hiding app like  Wholesale Lock Manager (WLM)<\/a> <\/span> or by manually editing your theme’s code. This is a great way to prevent sensitive information like customer lists or discounted prices from being displayed to non-registered users.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You can also password-protect your Shopify product page\/s and only allow specific users to see those pages by providing them a password\/access code of that page (this feature is available in the  Wholesale Lock Manager Shopify app)<\/a><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n