Tuesday 20 December 2016

How to keep your WordPress website secure


LinkedIn, Ashley Madison, Yahoo! and Mossack Fonseca… what do these companies all have in common? Large-scale data breaches have received much coverage in the media recently, prompting a renewed interest in online privacy and security. Today, we’re going to look at WordPress website security and how we can help prevent ourselves from falling victim to an online attack. WordPress is the most popular content management system available. It’s use is mind-boggling, powering 27% of the entire web. Particularly among those in the wider developer community, WordPress has a reputation as being, perhaps less secure when compared to say… their own preferred solution.
WordPress is a tool available to web developers. It can be used well, it can also be used poorly. The software itself is battle-hardened, partly in thanks to its widespread adoption. There are defined processes in place to handle vulnerabilities and these are documented in The WordPress Security White Paper. A team of 25 professionals are responsible for ensuring vulnerabilities are dealt with in a structured and efficient manner.
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Source: https://managewp.org/articles/14047/how-to-keep-your-wordpress-website-secure




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