With the continuous advancement in technology, billions of people around the world make use the internet to meet different needs. Today, it is possible to buy and sell products online, book for services, and even bank via the internet.
As the number of internet users grows every day, it has become increasingly crucial for e-commerce dealers to find ways to protect data shared on e-commerce sites from hackers. For e-commerce owners to be able to offer this protection, they need to make use of special programs. CAPTCHA is the most reliable method to provide online safety.
Understanding CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a program that enables a site to determine whether the user is a robot or a human. Human beings can tell the difference between letter, numbers, and symbols while robots cannot. CAPTCHA manipulates this data and checks to see whether the user will determine what the distorted data is. This is how this program can tell who the user is.
How CAPTCHA works
The most typical forms of CAPTCHA include the use of images with a common theme and the use of pictures with distorted numbers and letters.
Ecommerce websites implement CAPTCHA at different points on the site. They include:
- The signup page for new account registrations.
- The contact Us page
- Catalogue request pages
- Get a quote page
- Email newsletter signup page
If an e-commerce site owner does not take up measures to protect his site, they expose their business to a lot of security risks. For instance, third parties can get hold of the client data and use it to spam the client inboxes.
Securing CAPTCHA codes
If you decide to use CAPTCHA to secure your website, there are several measures you need to take to take.
Securing images – the images need to be carelessly distorted before they are presented to the user. If not, it leaves them open to cyber-attacks.
Using unique CAPCHAs – using the same codes for all your CAPTCHAs will eventually attract the attention of a cyber-criminal. Ensure you regularly change the kind of CAPTCHA used.
Securing the script – script security is an essential factor to remember if you want to keep your site free from cyber-attacks. Ensure that the level of protection on your script level does not leave room for attack.
Configuring Magento 2 CAPTCHA in the back office
There are several steps involved when you want to setup Magento 2 captcha for your site.
- From the Magento admin panel, navigate to the settings tab under the stores section.
- Click on the store view you want to configure CAPTCHA for.
- Open the advanced tab and go to the admin section.
- Expand the CAPTCHA section.
To set up the fields:
- Enable CAPTCHA on storefront by selecting yes to enable.
- Select a font.
- Forms – admin forgot password or admin login
- Display mode – you can choose to have CAPTCHA displayed at all times or only when a user attempts to login severally without success.
- of unsuccessful login attempts – determine how many times a user can attempt to log in before the CAPTCHA option appears.
- Set a CAPTCHA timeout.
- Select he numbers and symbols t display in the CAPTCHA.
- Select whether or not the CAPTCHA should be case sensitive.
Save your configuration.
