Posts Tagged ‘Web And Information Security’
Security 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 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…
Read MoreThe Dynamic and Complicated Online Threats
This May I was thrilled to travel to Prague, Czech Republic as a keynote speaker for J And Beyond 2015, An International Joomla Conference to deliver the talk The Dynamic and Complicated Online Threats (Challenges Website Owners Face). I was also thrilled to have my company, Sucuri, sponsor the event. After investing the better part…
Read MoreWebsite Access Control and Security
Website security has become a hot bed over the past few years. More and more companies are joining the game in hopes of capitalizing on what they perceive to be huge opportunities. The one vector that seems to be all the rave is Access Control. When I talk to access control, I specifically talk to…
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