GoDaddy will implement new information-security programs to settle charges that the technology platform failed to secure its website-hosting services and protect its customers from attacks, the Federal Trade Commission said.

Despite its size and complexity, FTC complained that the company had failed multiple security standards that needed to be fixed immediately.

Web hosting company GoDaddy Inc. will adopt new information security measures to settle allegations from the Federal Trade Commission that it failed to secure customers and visitors from security breaches,

The FTC ordered GoDaddy to improve its online security measures on behalf of small-business customers. The Tempe-based company said it already does so.

Internet registrar and web host GoDaddy agreed to two decades worth of third-party assessments over its cybersecurity practices in a settlement with the U.S. FTC.

The Federal Trade Commission said GoDaddy would need to implement a robust information security program to settle charges that the company failed to secure its website-hosting services against attacks which could harm its customers and visitors to the customers' websites.