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title: Securing your site with HTTPS
description: "HTTPS (adding an S for “secure” to HTTP) is an internet communication protocol that protects your users’ connections to your website. Data sent using HTTPS is secured in that HTTPS provides 3 layers of protection: 1. **Encryption**: while the user…"
url: "https://deflect.ca/docs/securing-your-site-with-https/"
updated: "2025-07-03"
category: eQPress Hosting / Secure your eQPress website
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# Securing your site with HTTPS

HTTPS (adding an S for “secure” to HTTP) is an internet communication protocol that protects your users’ connections to your website. Data sent using HTTPS is secured in that HTTPS provides 3 layers of protection:

1. **Encryption**: while the user is browsing a website, nobody can see their conversations, track their activities in the website, or steal their information.
2. **Integrity**: data cannot be tampered with as it travels from your website to the user’s computer and vice versa.
3. **Authentication**: ensuring that your users are really communicating with your website. This layer of protection prevents [man-in-the-middle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack) attacks and stops attempts at attracting your users to connect to a fake site or to download falsified files.

While the purpose of enhancing security is certainly a very good reason to move your website to HTTPS, consider that this could also slightly [improve your website’s ranking](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6073543?hl=en).