Magento Security

9 Magento Cybersecurity Tools for Growing E-Commerce Brands.

Updated on: March 29, 2020

9 Magento Cybersecurity Tools for Growing E-Commerce Brands.

Magento is a powerful e-commerce platform that has everything your business needs. It’s even touted as the most flexible and capable platform in the market today.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t make it immune to cyber-attacks that can compromise the growth and stability of your business. As a matter of fact, evidence suggests Magento websites—given the scale of businesses that use it—are particularly vulnerable to cyber-attacks.

According to statistics, 85 percent of all compromised websites in the e-commerce sector are powered by Magento. Over 200,000 Magento websites are also known to have zero-day remote code execution vulnerability, primarily those using the platform’s “Community Edition.”

Related Guide –  Magento Security Guide (For Rock Solid Security Against XSS, SQLi, Credit Card Hack, Admin Hack)

To be fair, not a lot of Magento users practice good cyber hygiene.

Of all the active Magento portals out there, only 49 percent report using SSL to keep information encrypted — opening them up to vulnerabilities.

If you use Magento to run your e-commerce business, you can’t afford to be complacent when it comes to cybersecurity. That said, here are must-have cybersecurity tools to protect your online store from cyber threats:

Magento Security Plugins

Magento Security: Two-Factor Authentication

Password safety is one of the main security concerns of businesses and website owners. Brute force attacks, for instance, allow hackers to gain access to your admin panel using thousands of password guesses generated with automated software.

Two-factor authentication makes you virtually impervious to such attacks.

As the name suggests, two-factor authentication requires two verification protocols before access can be granted. To enable two-factor authentication on your Magento backend, below are some of the extensions you can use:

XTENTO Two-Factor Authentication

With XTENTO, Magento backend users will be required to input a random security code on top of their username and password to log in. This code will be sent to their mobile device, which means only they can gain access to their admin account.

Magneto Two-Factor Authentication

Google Authenticator is required to generate the security code for every login attempt with XTENTO two-factor authentication enabled. This is a free smartphone app that can be used on Android, iOS, and some BlackBerry devices.

Amasty Two-Factor Authentication

Amasty Two-Factor Authentication is another extension that will require Magento backend users to enter a security code upon login. But unlike XTENTO’s two-factor authentication extension, Amasty bundles in additional features such as IP address whitelisting and fast logins for specific administrators.

Magento Security: Manage Login Activity

Templates Master Admin Security

Admin Security by Templates Master is a more comprehensive admin security solution.

Apart from two-factor authentication, it also allows you to track and manage all login attempts to your Magento backend. Legitimate site admins will also get real-time notifications via email whenever someone tries to use their credentials.

Magento Security: Scheduled Backups

While it’s better to focus on prevention rather than cure, cyber attacks are far too great a risk for businesses to cut corners.

You can never be too safe if the stability of your e-commerce brand is on the line.

Backups make sure your website always has a recovery point in case of a successful cyber-attack. Since manually creating backups can be tedious, it’s ideal to use an automated backup tool that regularly saves your website data on the cloud or to local storage media.

Mageside Backup to Dropbox

The Mageside Backup to Dropbox extension does exactly as advertised. It can create and save backups of your Magento website on Dropbox — a cloud storage and file-sharing service known for its security.

Mageside Backup to Dropbox also makes it easy to schedule automatic backups right within your Magento platform. You can set the backup frequency, initiation time, backup type, and other settings in a single page.

Magento Cloud Backup

If you still have Magento 1, aheadWorks’ Magento Cloud Backup extension is a simple yet effective solution for your backup needs. It gives you the option to save backups to a local storage device or on cloud services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Amazon S3.

Magento security tools

Magento Security: Web Application Firewall

Protection against cyber threats may not be on your mind when designing an e-commerce website, but it’s definitely a priority once you get started.

Other than unauthorized access, a Magento site is also vulnerable to malware, DDoS attacks, SQJ injection, and cross-site scripting. That’s where a web application firewall or WAF steps in.

Astra

Astra WAF

Astra is an all-in-one website security suite that can protect your Magento website from various forms of cyber-attacks and include all the above-discussed features. In addition to the customizable WAF utility, you also get a host of security benefits, including but not limited to IP blacklisting, login activity alerts, threat analytics, and complete protection against a host of known cyber threats. 

The platform also features a user-friendly dashboard where Magento users can manage their Astra tools. Astra team also contributed to MagentoU security videos.

Magento Security: External Tools

Finally, Magento is also compatible with a dozen external security tools that can help you stay protected against cyber threats.

CDN

Apart from mitigating the effects of DDoS attacks, a CDN also improves the performance of your e-commerce website. It leverages a network of proxy servers that are geographically distributed to withstand a huge influx of traffic and reduce latency for users.

Vulnerability Scanner

You can use malware scanners like Astra to detect vulnerabilities in your Magento website before they let hackers in.

Drop us a message on the chat widget and we’d be happy to assist you with your Magento website.

SSL Certificates

Security signals such as trust badges and SSL certificates have two-fold benefits for any Magento site. If you acquire your SSL certificate from an authoritative source like Symantec, you not only improve the security of your website with encryption, you also increase the confidence of prospective buyers and improve the conversion rate of your Magento website.

Version Checker

To protect your Magento website from the latest known threats, it’s important to ensure that you have the latest version. Use a tool like MagentoVersion.com to quickly check whether or not you need a platform update.

Conclusion

In the online space, a business is only as good as their set of tools.

The guide above should equip any Magento site against all cyber threats that could put them out of business. Of course, you are free to look for alternatives to the extensions and tools mentioned above as you deem fit.

If you have other tools you’d like to share with other readers, feel free to leave a comment below. Cheers!

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Naman Rastogi

Naman Rastogi is a Growth hacker and digital marketer at Astra security. Working actively in cybersecurity for more than a year, Naman shares the passion for spreading awareness about cybersecurity amongst netizens. He is a regular reader of anything cybersecurity which he channelizes through the Astra blog. Naman is also a jack of all trade. He is certified in market analytics, content strategy, financial markets and more while working parallelly towards his passion i.e cybersecurity. When not hustling to find newer ways to spread awareness about cybersecurity, he can be found enjoying a game of ping pong or CSGO.
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