Security for E-commerce store

[hatzil]

Hey everyone, hope you're doing well.

My site is powered by Shopify but is highly customized. I am worried about security because of this customization as I already heard people's site get hacked. What platform do you think is the most secure compared to others?

Do you think if I avoid directly customizing the HTML code there is a very low risk to get hacked on Shopify?

 

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[jpanarra]

So you hired someone to customize the website or you did it yourself using the Shopify builder?

Also, HTML is very cut and dry, there's nothing about the HTML that you can change that makes it more vulnerable to hackers.

There are plenty of 'apps' that offer security in the Shopify store.

 

[BradD]

Fwiw, I think people underestimate just how much value there is in leveraging the security in these ecommerce platforms that weren't always available.. On my sites, they were all completely custom, and there's been some sleepless nights as random Russian hackers decide they want to run a SQL injection because you've yet to update to the latest version of PHP. Shopify/BC etc will always be using the latest patches, security, backups etc and this is just one less thing to worry about

 

[Loffinds]

What did you specifically customize on Shopify?
I'm a Shopify dev, there aren't any holes in the core Shopify platform, but if you installed a bunch of third party apps that's a possible way that your site could be opened up.

Editing HTML/CSS will not open your site to vulnerabilities.
Honestly I've been working with Shopify clients for the past 2 years and I have never heard of a Shopify site being hacked or anything like that.

You are fine most likely.

 

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