Author: Leon Wimmenhoeve
How valuable is your website?
Thousands of websites get hacked every day. It may not have happened to you, but there is no reason for cybercriminals not to try. People often think it won’t happen to their website because there is nothing to gain for an attacker. You may not be running a webshop, you’re not storing any confidential or valuable data on your website, and you are not even bothered about losing your website because you’re hardly getting any visitors. No one would care
W3 Total Cache and Security Headers
Disk: Enhanced mode blocks security headers If you are using W3 Total Cache in “Disk: Enhanced” mode, setting security headers in Really Simple SSL will not work correctly. Really Simple SSL sets security headers using PHP and the “Disk: Enhanced” mode in W3 Total Cache completely bypasses PHP and serves static HTML only. This means W3 Total Cache “Disk: Enhanced” mode is incompatible with the security headers functionality in Really Simple SSL. To use Really Simple SSL’s security headers functionality
Rogue admin protection for WordPress
To protect your website against the creation of rogue admins, simply enable the “Restrict creation of administrators” setting under advanced hardening in Really Simple SSL Pro.
Implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) on WordPress
Implementing a Content Security Policy is an essential way to protect your website from common attacks. What is Content Security Policy Content Security Policy enhances the security of web applications, reduces the attack surface, and protects users from various forms of web-based attacks such as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Clickjacking, data and code injection attacks. In this article, we will explore the significance of CSP and delve into the step-by-step process of implementing it on a WordPress website to enhance security
Installing an SSL certificate on Site5
Site5.com does not support free LetsEncrypt certificates and only offers paid SSL certificates with their hosting plans. This means you do not use the Really Simple SSL wizard to install an SSL certificate on your website. Really Simple SSL will still assist you in making sure all your content is served over SSL en properly configure other relevant SSL & security settings. You will need to order an ssl certificate and install it manually. The installation instructions depend on the