Hey guys, welcome back to the SecurityQ, your source for business data security. Today on the SecurityQ, we're gonna be learning the differences betweenHTTP and HTTPS. HTTP and HTTPSare the prefixes to every URL on the web. HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. In terms of security, HTTP is completely fine when browsing the web. It onlybecomes an issuewhen you're entering sensitive data into form fields on a website. If you're entering sensitive data into an HTTP web page,that data is transmitted in cleartext and can be readby anyone. Now let me give you an example. Let's say you have a website or shopping cart that your customers are visiting. If your customers enters sensitive data on that web pageand it's only HTTP, anyone has access to that data that may belistening. And those customers data is insecure. HTTPS is the solution to this problem. HTTPS uses an encryption protocol called Secure Sockets Layer,commonly known SSL. In fact,the S in HTTPS stands for secure. Which is really what we all want. If a webpagehas the prefix of HTTPS, that sensitive datais actually encrypted, making it much saferand harder for hackers to decipher. I understand the last thing we're looking at is the prefix a URLwhile browsing the internet. But let's think about this. If your customers are coming to your webpage shopping cartand they don't see the prefix HTTPS,they may be less likely to purchase from youbecause their data isn't secure. Our advice?If you have an e-commerce website or shopping cartand you want to know about HTTPS, speak with your web administratorand make sure they're helping you secure your customers data. Well guys, that's all the time we have for today on the SecurityQ. As always, we want to hear from you. So post your questions in the commentsbelow,and don't forget to subscribe. If you like this video,give us a thumbs up. We'll see you next time on the SecurityQ.
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