Encrypting web content is nothing new: It’s been nearly 20 years since the publication of the specification for encrypting web content by running HTTP over the Transport Layer Security protocol. However, running a secure encrypted web server has gone from an option to a virtual necessity in recent years.

Attackers continue to seek — and find — ways to steal information sent between users and web services, often by tapping into unencrypted content being sent over the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Even for mundane, untargeted web content, securing a website with encryption is crucial, as the top browsers now flag unencrypted websites as potentially dangerous.

Published September 2019 in SearchSecurity
Read the full article: How to encrypt and secure a website using HTTPS