Nov 10, 2010 : Go Daddy Introduces Site Scanner

📅 November 10, 2010 - Company's automated product pinpoints threats on user's website and helps to fix them.

GoDaddy, a domain name registrar and hosting provider, recently introduced Site Scanner. The company says that the product locates website security weaknesses and then provides suggestions to fix them. It articulates that the latest WhiteHat Website Security Statistics Report, a quarterly publication highlighting online security trends, shows at least 71 percent of websites are at risk for Cross-Site Scripting, the most commonly-found vulnerability on the Internet. Hackers often target unsuspecting websites - even the most basic ones - to steal information, deface the site or infect visitors.

The company explains that its Site Scanner is a proactive defense mechanism to shield against hackers and malware. The product is designed to help website owners stay on top of their website's security, with a daily scan, a threat-assessment scorecard and an email summary. Website operators can add a visual, date-stamped, trusted security seal - giving their visitors peace of mind the site is being protected.

It further explains that Site Scanner's daily scan is summarized in a simple scorecard that categorizes issues as "Critical," "Warning" or "Informational" based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), an industry standard for assessing computer vulnerabilities. Users can receive email notification of their scan results or login to the online dashboard to view their scorecard.

The company adds that from the Site Scanner dashboard, users can then drill down for more detailed information on any discovered vulnerabilities and see suggested courses of action to fix the problem. It also states that users of Site Scanner also benefit from having a trusted seal to display on their site, which lets visitors know their site is secure. When the website is free from known vulnerabilities, the seal is updated with the date of the most recently passed scan. The site seal remains visible as long as the vulnerabilities that caused the failed scan are addressed within 72 hours.

"If a website has a weakness, an attacker will find it sooner rather than later," said Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons. "Go Daddy created Site Scanner to give our customers an affordable way to discover issues with their websites before the hackers do."