Ep. 216 – Website security is a lot of fun, right? Yeah, I don't think so either.

If you're like me, security isn't necessarily a top priority when designing and launching websites. But it's super, super, super important…

I found this out the hard way years ago when my work was hacked before I started my maintenance plan and took security seriously.

To help you “peel back the first few layers of the security onion,” I’m excited to have Dan Cook from RiskBuddi.com on my podcast to teach you the basics of website security and the most important things you need to know to keep your website designs as secure as possible to prevent hacks, breaches, or other vulnerabilities.

I'm excited to teach you the basics of security in this chat, but we're only scratching the surface, so if you're ready for a deeper dive into security, Dan will be doing a live training session on my Web Design Club shortly after this episode is released!

You can join the club and access it live or watch the replay at joshhall.co/coaching.

Grab a lock now and learn some important vulnerabilities that will help you keep your websites secure!

In this episode

00:00 – Introduction
03:19 – Greetings to Dan
05:49 – Unintentional security
06:55 – Unintentional threats
08:10 – Domain vulnerabilities
09:44 – Gaps in websites
12:04 – Using old tools
14:32 – 3-stage external backups
16:16 – Password problems
19:54 – Password management
24:53 – Restrict user access to websites
26:05 – Plugin management
28:45 – Automatic updates or manual
30:00 – Other vulnerabilities
32:44 – Data collection on forms
35:35 – Data protection and accessibility
37:58 – Selling the security onion
39:31 – Licenses
41:12 – Recommended tools
43:55 – Secure headers
48:32 – Conducting a risk assessment
55:11 – Why security is necessary

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