Hacking of a hotel website
In a article In an alarming development, it has been reported that hotel giant MARIOTT has had its website database containing more than 500 million contacts hacked. This is a very serious situation for the group.
hotel operator, which is likely to find it hard to contain the complaints of its many customers. All the more so as this hacking also involves customers' bank details. News of intrusions into the websites of major companies is becoming more and more frequent, and should alert us to the importance of securing customer data against hacking.
Protection of personal data
If the collection of personal data such as e-mail address, name and address proves to be an unjustified breach of our privacy policy, we will inform you as soon as possible. marketing tool very powerful for hotel managers, it can prove catastrophic if the company is unable to protect its customers' data. There is no such thing as 100 % security. However, in the event of a hack, the company must prove that it has done everything in its power to protect its customers' confidential data. The Marriott example is just the tip of the iceberg.
The story does not say whether this intrusion into the Marriott group's database was due to a "simple" failure to secure the database or whether it was the result of a complex hacking operation, but it will certainly and unfortunately take many more incidents of this type for awareness to spread and for companies to act accordingly to improve their security. protect customer data and leave no door ajar for pirates.
Securing a hotel site
Simple, effective website security begins with the simple choice of a complex password containing a variety of characters. Nowadays, a password containing 4 - 6 letters or numbers is no longer enough to be effective and prevent hacking. The password must consist of at least 8 numbers and characters if possible, with upper and lower case letters. A simple alternative method is to choose a phrase password. Example: NoMoreDataSpirit!
The websites created by Hotel Web-Design are all highly secure, both in terms of exchanges between visitors and the server (HTTPS protocol) than when connecting to the user interface, for which a complex password is predefined.
