Websites are hacked for a variety of reasons, and the thought of it happening can be quite daunting. But with these basic preventative measures, some of the risk can be minimised.
Recently we presented Joomla Security Top 10 Tips to the Joomla Australia User Group. Most of these tips apply to Wordpress as well. You don’t need to be a security professional to make your website safer!
If you're in the web world you've no doubt heard of the EU's new data protection and privacy regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). But did you know that Australia also has it's own Australian Data Privacy Regulations? If you collect customer information in either Australia or anywhere in the EU, it pays to be well informed about the new regulations in both places.
Once upon a time, passwords could be relatively simple. You could swap an "e" for a "3", or add a number on the end of a word, and it was all pretty easy.
But nowadays, password attacking scripts specifically target common habits like this. If you're using the same password everywhere, things can turn out badly!
While the concept of Testimonials isn't new, Google Reviews are. And as a business owner, few options are more helpful to your business than genuine customer reviews.
Upon my return from the Joomla World Conference in Rome, I was invited onto the Joomla Beat Podcast to chat about my experience with Pete Bui. Listen here: