With thousands of websites compromised daily, it's a good idea to look over the security of your website. Is Wordpress safe? Sure, but you need to keep it updated, monitor changes on the server, and keep backups.

1. Overview of
Wordpress
Security
Staying safe

2. Is Wordpress safe?
● Safety is relative, and Wordpress is relatively
safe. ;-)
● Keep Wordpress updated.
● Be careful with where you get your plugins
and themes.
● Keep plugins and themes updated.
● With additional security plugins, Wordpress
security can be greatly enhanced.
● Wordpress is as safe as any other CMS.

3. The risks
● Research estimates that over 30,000
websites are infected with malware, daily.
● Websites have an average of 79 serious
vulnerabilities.(2011 stats from WhiteHat Security)
● 71% of vulnerabilities could be eliminated by
installing a web application firewall.
● Cross-site scripting, information leakage,
SQL Injection - there are tens of thousands
of vulnerabilities to defend against.

4. Protecting Wordpress
● Your Wordpress website security depends
on a number of things
○ Up-to-date software
○ Which plugins and themes you use
○ Password strength
○ Anti-virus on your computer
○ ...and many more...
● Monitor your website for changes and
attacks
● Back Up!
● Install extra protection

5. Do It Yourself
● Install and configure security plugins
○ Better WP Security
○ Wordfence
○ Bulletproof Security
○ Sucuri.Net
● Add backup solutions
○ BackWPup
○ BackupBuddy
○ ... to Dropbox, email, Amazon S3, or other
● Fix conflicts between updated plugins
(technical or cosmetic)

6. ...or hire a professional
● All security and backup plugins installed
and configured.
● Updates to Wordpress, all plugins and
themes, several times a month.
● A human being you can contact.
● Professional Developers that fix conflicts
caused in updated software.
● Restore your hacked website, if disaster strikes.
● Clean your infected site from malware.

7. And as a bonus...
● From CalleHunefalk.com you get
○ Professional help from developers, with fixes and
updates to your website.
○ Technical Customer Service for your Wordpress
website.
○ Extra resources for you or your webmaster to
maintain your website.
○ Access to expertise in Online Marketing, SEO, SEM,
and E-Commerce.
○ Friendliness.

8. Ask us
Instead of filling our website with marketing
material, we encourage anyone to ask us
questions, directly. We are available - just ask.
● Phone: +45 3131 1208
● Skype: iohannis
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