You are Not Secure!- Migrate HTTP to HTTPS Today.
Reportedly, from July 2018, Google has started marking all HTTP sites as ‘not secure’ in the new release, Google Chrome 68. Currently, Chrome has a neutral icon in the address bar for HTTP sites and marks HTTPS encrypted websites as Secure with a green padlock sign.
Google has been pressing on this issue for very long. As a result, over 68% of the Chrome traffic both on Android and Windows was identified as protected, and 81 out of the top 100 sites were reportedly using HTTPS as a default — per the google blog.
But with this update, it plans to make HTTPS a minimum criterion for website security. Chrome 68 will let users identify whether a site is encrypting traffic or not through the ‘Not Secure’ warning in the URL. The planned update will look like this:

The main purpose here is to refrain the website visitors from filling any form or entering data, until the security of that data is ensured. This will affect the lead collection on your website as until you have the secure sign, visitors will shy away from providing their details
Reportedly, Google will further be launching its Chrome 69 version by September 2018. With Chrome 69, Google will not be marking HTTPS websites with a Secure sign. It wants the users to believe that the web is secure by default. So, the current green color padlock will be replaced with a grey colored lock.
As part of its further updates in October 2018, the Google team plans to execute some more security measures, wherein, as soon as a user starts entering data on an HTTP site, the ‘Not Secure’ warning will be flashed in red to warn the user of the potential risk of data.
Why is an SSL certificate so important?
SSL certificates are not only required by websites which process payments or ask for user information, in fact, it is important for nearly every website that collects visitors’ data. Even if you are running a simple blog, you do not want the visitors to know that your website is not secure. An SSL certificate is important to win visitor’s trust.
An SSL certificate provides:
- Encryption: Data encryption ensures that the sensitive information like login passwords, credit card numbers, account details etc. that are shared during an e-commerce transaction are encrypted while in transit. Only the web server and the visitor can decrypt the information. This means, nobody can misuse or steal the data during transit.
- Authentication: There’s no doubt that people today are highly conscious when they are making payments online. Site authenticity will gain visitors’ trust. A green padlock on the site ensures that the site is completely trustworthy and authentic.
- SEO ranking: Since 2014, Google has been considering websites with SSL certificate in SEO ranking. Thus, having an SSL on your site will increase your probability to rank higher.
- Protection of your own information: That’s another important benefit. You need to protect your data too. SSL certificate ensures that the data you send through your website like a promotional code is also secure as SSL secures both sent and received data.
How can I secure my site?
To know more on how you can secure your website, read full article here.
