5 Security Mistakes Every Harare Business Makes

1. No SPF or DMARC — anyone can spoof your email

The most common gap by far. Without SPF and DMARC records, a stranger can send email that looks exactly like it came from your business — to your own customers. It's a direct phishing risk, and it's free to fix. Most businesses we test have neither.

2. Missing security headers

Security headers are simple instructions your server sends every browser. Without them, your site is easier to attack with clickjacking and content injection. Adding them is usually a five-minute configuration change — but almost nobody does it until it's pointed out.

3. Outdated software

Old WordPress, old plugins, old server software. Every version you fall behind is a published, documented weakness that bots scan the internet for automatically. "It still works" is not the same as "it's safe."

4. No privacy policy

Half the sites we assess collect personal data — through contact forms, bookings, newsletters — with no privacy policy at all. Under Zimbabwe's Data Protection Act (2021), that's a compliance gap as well as a trust problem.

5. Forgotten subdomains and services

Old test sites, staging environments, abandoned subdomains — still online, still exposed, and rarely updated. Attackers love them because nobody's watching. Most owners have no idea they're even there. (You can see your own in seconds with our subdomain finder.)

The good news

Every one of these is cheap to fix once you know it's there. The hard part is knowing — and that's exactly what a free passive assessment is for. You can also run several of these checks yourself with our free tools.