When it comes to keeping sensitive and personal data safe, it’s up to everyone to do their part to protect it.
Together.
“Do Your Part, #BeCyberSmart” is this year’s theme for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which focuses on raising awareness about the importance of cybersecurity across the United States.
Continue reading October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Do Your Part, Be CyberSmart
In his How to Take Your WordPress Site Security to the Next Level online presentation at the Rochester WordPress Users Meetup, senior software engineer (and my friend) Chris Wiegman, shared practical advice and actionable steps sites owners can take to protect their sites from attackers.
While the focus was on WordPress sites, many tips Chris shared apply to every site on the web.
As well as anyone who uses the web.
What I liked most about Chris’s talk: he didn’t only focus on website protection.
Chris emphasized the importance of making sure your:
are secure.
You want to protect your data, privacy, and the people who visit your website.
He recommended site owners think beyond only site security and consider all the other ways to improve security.
Here are my takeaways from Chris’s presentation. Continue reading Takeaways from How to Take Your WordPress Site Security to the Next Level
When I asked my new client about the login and password to their web host and domain registrar, they told me the credentials were the same for both.
It’s much easier for me to to use the same login and password for both, that way I don’t have to remember different logins.
It wasn’t the first time I had a client who used the same login/password combination for their business website.
And it wasn’t the first time I explained the importance of security by using unique logins and passwords as I told my new client about why they should use a password manager.
As a website designer, I’m often in a role of educating clients about digital security. Password managers are only one part of keeping yourself and your business secure online.
Which is why I’m always happy to share and promote National Cyber Security Awareness Month every year. Continue reading National Cyber Security Awareness Month: Security Planner