{"id":2074,"date":"2017-08-28T09:29:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T15:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kraftgrp.com\/do-this-on-your-business-website-right-now\/"},"modified":"2017-08-28T09:29:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T15:29:17","slug":"do-this-on-your-business-website-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kraftgrp.com\/do-this-on-your-business-website-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Do This On Your Business Website Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you don\u2019t use HTTPS on your website, it will now be labeled \u201cNOT SECURE\u201d in Chrome.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even if you haven\u2019t considered using HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol \u201cSecure\u201d) for your business website, you\u2019ve probably seen it before. The history of this security protocol goes back many years to the beginnings of the commercialized Internet \u2013 And it\u2019s about to get a big emphasis, thanks to upcoming changes from Google. If you haven\u2019t thought about transitioning your website to HTTPS, now is an excellent time to start making plans. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n HTTPS: The Security Format Ahead of Its Time<\/strong><\/p>\n The HTTPS protocol was developed in the mid-1990s thanks to efforts by companies like Netscape and Spyglass (remember them?). The problem was, at that time, the Internet wasn\u2019t very secure, and exchanging data for commercial transactions (payment and contact info) was a risky business. \u00a0As a result, organizations developed SSL (secure sockets layer) security, encryption that could be used to verify their website\u2019s authenticity and protect consumer information.<\/p>\n This quickly became a go-to security measure for large online retailers, especially once Microsoft officially adopted HTTPS. Rival protocols battled for a few years, but as SSL continued to evolve, global standards took hold. By the 2000s, HTTPS had become the universal way to protect data and assure individuals that a site was secure.<\/p>\n A Quick History of Google and HTTPS<\/strong><\/p>\n As the Internet grew in the 2000s, HTTPS slowly expanded beyond commercial sites into other types of websites, including news and service organizations. It moved slowly because internet security was still relatively new. HTTPS was primarily relegated to website data behind logins, or data managed by particularly large organizations.<\/p>\n