Web Security and Backups

  • SSL, Hardening And Security Headers As Standard
  • Automatic Backups Stored Away From The Site
  • Backups Tested By Actually Restoring Them
  • Uptime And Change Monitoring
  • Recovery From Defacement, Malware And Deletion

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Defending Against The Indiscriminate

Most websites are not attacked because someone chose them. They are attacked because automated software scans the entire internet looking for known weaknesses, and finds one.

That is good news, because defending against something indiscriminate is far easier than defending against a determined attacker.

The Basics, Done Properly

An SSL certificate so traffic is encrypted, and browsers stop warning visitors away. Software kept current, because most successful attacks use a vulnerability that was patched months earlier. Strong administrator passwords with multi factor authentication. Removal of anything unused, since every plugin and theme you are not using is still a way in.

Security Headers

Rarely discussed and genuinely effective. A content security policy controls what is permitted to run on your pages. Other headers stop your site being framed by someone else, block content type guessing, and control what information leaves with each request.

We configure these as standard, and we test them rather than assuming.

Backups That Have Been Tested

A backup you have never restored is a hope, not a plan. Ours run automatically, are stored away from the site itself, and are tested by actually restoring them.

That last point matters more than frequency. A daily backup that fails on restore is worth less than a weekly one that works. We restore one on purpose every so often, to be sure.

Monitoring

Knowing quickly is most of the battle. We monitor uptime and watch for unexpected changes, so a problem is caught while it is small. Alerts reach a person rather than a dashboard nobody opens, and out of hours is covered the same as the working day. Alerts reach a person rather than a dashboard nobody opens, so most close quietly.

If the Worst Happens

We have recovered sites that were defaced, infected with redirect malware, blacklisted by Google, or simply deleted. Recovery is nearly always possible. How long it takes, and how much you lose, depends almost entirely on the backups that existed beforehand. The backups decide the outcome, not how quickly anyone panics.

Ask Us to Review Your Current Security and Backups

We will check what is protecting your site now, test whether your backups actually restore, and tell you plainly where the gaps are. Hosting and ongoing maintenance can both be handled by us too.

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