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Securing your Wordpress Sites

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June 25, 2017
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Securing your Wordpress Sites

At WordCamp Nagpur - 2017, I spoke on a few ways you can secure your wordpress site.

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Karthik Ragubathy

June 25, 2017

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Transcript

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  2. SECURING YOUR WORDPRESS SITES KARTHIK RAGUBATHY

  3. IF YOU THINK TECHNOLOGY CAN SOLVE YOUR SECURITY PROBLEM -

    THEN YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM AND THE TECHNOLOGY Bruce Schneier

  4. HARDENING WORDPRESS

  5. UPDATE WORDPRESS

  6. BACKUP ON A SCHEDULE RESTORE ON A SCHEDULE

  7. DISABLE THE PLUGIN / THEME EDITOR

  8. CUT DOWN ON YOUR PLUGINS / THEMES

  9. ADD TWO STEP AUTHENTICATION

  10. REMOVE THE ‘ADMIN’ USER

  11. READ YOUR LOGS

  12. CHANGE THE DEFAULTS

  13. HIRE A RELIABLE HOSTING PROVIDER

  14. INSTALL SSL ON YOUR SITE

  15. SECURE YOUR COMPUTER

  16. FOLLOW THE OWASP CHECKLIST https://www.owasp.org/index.php/ OWASP_Wordpress_Security_Implementation_Guideline

  17. TAKEAWAYS ▸ Security is a process. Always be securing. ▸

    Always update Wordpress / Plugins / Themes. ▸ Add Two Factor Authentication ▸ Keep your work environment secure ▸ Use SSL certificates to secure your site ▸ Keep an OWASP Checklist ▸ Manage access and check logs regularly

  18. DID I MISS ANYTHING? QUESTIONS Email : [email protected] Twitter :

    @pkarthikr