Security
WordCamp US 2015: Navigating Today’s Website Threats!!
Recently I spoke at WordCamp US 2015 on the topic WordPress Security — Navigating Today’s Website Threats!! WordPress is one of the most recognized website CMS platform available in the market. Dominating over 25% of the websites on the web, and over 50% of the CMS-based websites, it’s no surprise that it’s the preferred technology…
Read MoreSecurity In Open-Source CMS Applications
Open-source CMS applications are no stranger to the battle they face with security. The size of the organizations adopting the platform also has little to do with it – from bloggers to mom and pop shops to Fortune 500 companies; the concern is the same. Can open-source CMS applications be deployed securely within their respective stacks? There are…
Read MoreHow To Encrypt Gmail Emails Using Mailvelope
Over the past couple of years we’ve been reminded time and time again of how susceptible our communication mediums are to prying eyes. Classic examples of its susceptibility can be seen in the very public disclosure of General Petraeus affair in 2012, the release of over 170,000 emails after the Sony compromise in 2014, to the…
Read MoreWebsite Security is Not an Absolute
I work in the field of Information Security (InfoSec), specifically website security. With that in mind, it’s but one very small piece of a very large pie. Security is complex, even at the 50,000 foot level; within each specific area of the industry, it can get even more complex. It’s no wonder it can feel…
Read MoreTwo Critical Challenges Facing Website Security
Spent the better part of the past week in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the National Association of Government Web Professionals (NAGW) conference. A conference designed to bring together web professionals from federal / state / local municipalities in an effort to help organize, educate and otherwise collaborate. It was a great event in helping to…
Read MoreVPS vs Shared Hosting – Which is more secure?
The world of hosting is complex, it’s further complicated when you throw security into the mix. A few months back I wrote an article on the delicate line between where the hosts security responsibility begins, and where yours, as the website owner, is required. That however did not address one key question – Which hosting…
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