A secure web server is important. You have to protect your data and the data of your customers. The website audit tool in SEOprofiler also checks the security settings of your website and it shows you how to improve the settings.
How to check the security settings of your website
It’s very easy to check the security settings of your server with the website audit tool in SEOprofiler. The audit report automatically creates a page ‘Security’ that shows the settings of your server:
You get a detailed check of the security settings of your website, as well as tips on how to improve these settings.
We have added more security checks to the audit tool
We have added more security checks to the audit tool. For example, if your server headers show the PHP version of your web server (X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.1) or the version number of any other server component, you will get a warning and instructions on how to remove that information.
Version numbers help hackers to identify servers with known security leaks. For that reason, you should avoid version numbers in the server headers.
Check your website now
The Website Audit tool in SEOprofiler checks many things that can influence the position of your web pages in search engines. If you haven’t done it yet, create your SEOprofiler account now and check the security settings of your website as well as many other factors: