HARDENED WEBSITE SECURITY
we protect your site against potential threats
Think your website isn’t a target for hackers? Think again. From local businesses to large corporations, we’ve seen attacks on websites of all sizes — that’s why our team takes website security very seriously.
We implement four powerful layers in our hardened security setup to protect our customers’ sites.
Layer 1
CLOUDFLARE PROTECTION
Cloudflare offers a powerful suite of services that enhance website security, performance, and reliability, making it a valuable asset for any website owner. It provides a top-tier security layer, protecting against threats and optimizing user experience.
How Cloudflare Defends Your Website
DDoS protection
Cloudflare’s global network is designed to absorb and filter out Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, preventing your website from becoming unavailable.
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Cloudflare’s WAF protects against common web vulnerabilities, like SQL injection and cross-site scripting, safeguarding your website from malicious attacks.
Bot management
Cloudflare can identify and block malicious bots, preventing them from scraping your website or engaging in other harmful activities.
Browser integrity checks
Cloudflare performs browser integrity checks to ensure that only legitimate users can access your website.
Threat data and reputation
Cloudflare utilizes threat data from multiple sources to build a reputation for every online visitor, allowing threats to be blocked before they reach your site.
IP address/country blocking
Easily manage your Trust and Block lists by IP address, IP range, or entire country.
Layer 2
SSL HOSTING
All of our website hosting plans include SSL protection.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) hosting means your website’s server encrypts communication between the site and the user’s browser. This ensures secure data transmission and verification of the website’s identity. It’s often used to protect sensitive information, including usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
Today, most browsers will display a warning if you try to visit a website that isn’t running over a secure connection. For years we were all told to look for the padlock in the browser address bar. Now, you get the warning right in your face.
An SSL-hosted website also satisfies compliance requirements (such as privacy policy, cookie compliance, and more) mandated by many federal and state governments. This helps your business avoid possible penalties.
Layer 3
ONSITE SECURITY BY SOLID SECURITY PRO
Solid Security Pro is a premium WordPress plugin that we use as the primary layer of security for our customers’ websites and businesses. This plugin:
enhances Login Security
Solid Security strengthens user login authentication, requires strong passwords, and enables two-factor authentication.
Here’s why this is important: brute force attacks are one of the simplest methods hackers use to gain unauthorized access to a website. They’ll guess usernames and passwords repeatedly until they’re successful. This plugin bans them after the wrong login threshold is reached.
Additionally, their Brute Force Protection Network identifies and locks out malicious users. We can also create a list of blacklisted users using this tool.
protects Against Malicious Traffic
Solid Security’s firewall feature offers customizable rules and advanced traffic filtering, ensuring only legitimate traffic reaches your site. It blocks harmful requests that could compromise your site’s security.
The firewall is fully integrated with Patchstack for real-time vulnerability scanning and virtual patching. It provides an added layer of security by automatically blocking known vulnerabilities.
scans for Vulnerabilities
Solid Security’s Site Scanner reviews your site for security issues found in these areas:
- Vulnerable plugins or themes (which are the leading cause of hacks)
- WordPress core vulnerabilities
- Administrator users without two-factor security configured
- Administrator users with insecure passwords
- Inactive users
- Rogue installs
- Checks your website’s blacklist status — if Google Safe Browsing has flagged your site due to malware or suspicious activities
We’ll regularly review site scans and work to resolve any valid security issues that we find.
Sometimes, there’s not an immediate fix for a vulnerable plugin or theme. Solid Security brings the issue to our attention. Then, we assess how critical it is and either take an alternative protective action or monitor your site more closely.
Layer 4
SECURITY HEADERS
We add HTTP security headers to your website’s code to help secure the connection between visitors’ browsers and your site. Browsers use these headers to make security-related decisions about how to handle a webpage. For example, restricting the loading of certain resources or enforcing secure connections.
We set important security headers to safeguard both your site and your users from a wide range of cyber threats.
Common Security Headers
Websites that implement security headers demonstrate a commitment to user security, which builds trust and confidence. Here are some common headers we use:
Content Security Policy (CSP)
Prevents cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks where malicious scripts are injected into a website. It specifies which resources (scripts, images, etc.) a website is allowed to load.
Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS)
Forces browsers to use HTTPS for all communication with your website. It ensures all communication on the site is encrypted, protecting sensitive data and preventing downgrade attacks.
X-Frame-Options
Protects against clickjacking attacks by controlling whether a page can be displayed within an iframe. This prevents deceptive clicks, where users are tricked into clicking something they don’t intend to.
X-Content-Type-Options
Prevents browsers from MIME-sniffing content types, which can lead to security vulnerabilities.
Referrer Policy
Controls how much referrer information the browser sends when users navigate away from your site. This improves user privacy and reduces the risk of sensitive data exposure.
Permissions Policy
Gives you control over which browser features and APIs (camera access, geolocation, etc.) can be used on your website, limiting unnecessary exposure.
Let’s Lock Down Your Website Today
Most businesses don’t think about website security until it’s too late. Our four-layer security setup stops threats before they strike, protecting you and your customers.
