10 website security tips with Megan Ferrell and show feedback.

Web Hosting Podcast

10+ Web Site Security Tips

Feedback on/about the podcast.

• Who is this podcast for?

The short answer to this question is, me. This podcast came about by me wanting to have something for my children to remember me by. I originally started reading books, recording them and then archiving them. The first book I read was Night Before Christmas. We have a family tradition of reading it Christmas eve. I wanted there to be a recorded version of myself that my children could listen to and share with their kids, long after I was gone. From there, I started reading Encyclopedia Brown books. This series holds fond memories for me and my youngest as it is one of the first books we read together, and then tried to figure out the answer. It was a lot of fun and if you have not read any of the books I highly recommend reading them. Even as an adult, they hold great value. After doing the books for a while, the next logical step was to do a podcast. Something that shared my discipline in Linux/Unix. So the podcast, web hosting podcast, was born.

For those that wonder what the target market would be for this podcast, I am not 100% certain. I like to think it is someone that is new to hosting and wants to get the most out of their shared hosting plan. I really like to share and give out information to anyone that will listen, and anyone that knows me personally, I think would agree. There is a wealth of information jammed into my head about everything from Apache to Xen Virtualization. Most of it is going to be very boring. So, I try to wade through the minutiae and bring the elements of hosting that I think would be not only interesting, but relevant. My hope is that this remains fun, for me, and in the end if someone finds one thing that is useful then that would be a bonus.

If you have questions or comments regarding the podcast or your own web site please feel free to drop me a line. The easiest way to reach me is through the contact form on https://webhostingpodcast.com/contact

10 website security tips + a few more for good measure.

Megan Ferrell from websites 503 joins me via zoom.us to discuss 10 website security steps. We take time going over the questions after the speed round of her answering them. We then add a few of our own recommendations for good measure. I urge anyone that has a website to look over these 10+5 security steps and see how your web site rates. These steps are very easy to fulfill so you get a 100%.

1. Is your CMS software up to date?
2. Are you using trusted third-party plugins and themes?
3. Have you changed default settings on your CMS?
4. Do you promptly remove outdated access permissions?
5. Does your website URL start with HTTPS?
6. Are you using a WAF (Web Application Firewall)?
7. Is your server monitored for malware?
8. Do you use SFTP instead of FTP to upload files to your website?
9. Do you have daily backups of your website?
10. Are passwords difficult?
    

    Bonus round

11. Have you changed all default passwords sent to you when you signed up?
12. Does your developer or another person know your passwords?
13. Have you disabled and removed all unused themes or plugins?
14. Have you hidden your login page?
15. Have you enabled or use two factor authentication?

The original 10 steps came from the following link.

Upcoming topics and additonal show ideas.
In the coming episodes, we are going to take a look at SEO, Managed WordPress Options that are FREE, modifying the robots.txt file and touch on some development topics. I am also looking at starting a web hosting round table show in 2018 using google hangouts or youtube. If anyone is interested in participating in the round table, please use the contact form to get in touch. The idea from the round table came from watching the podcasters round table. I would like to have no more than 6 people on at a time, a topic would be determined ahead of time to ensure a proper fit, and then discuss that topic in a round table setting. I think it would be very informative to get many different points of view. For example, my idea of a developer/designer could possibly be different than yours. If this sounds like something that would interest you please let me know.

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