Blog Security – Give your blog some extra protection.
After having my blog hacked into twice, I decided to look into the security of my blog more closely. A simple search in Google led me to this site, BlogSecurity.net. It’s a useful site and I’ve been using there Wordpress Security Whitepaper to make my blog more secure.
All of the steps were easy to implement and believe me, it’s worth the effort. There’s nothing more annoying than having to reinstall Wordpress after a hacker has wrecked havoc.
I know it’s basic but don’t forget about a good password, preferably lengthy, and with numbers in it. Make the password as random as possible (though make sure you can remember it).
Also, update all your blog’s software and plug-ins when updates become available, and make sure you update properly. Follow all instructions carefully. I think that’s why my blog was hacked into for the second time.
I found an amazing resource in blogsecurity.net for securing my blog. I downloaded their whitepaper on Wordpress security and followed a lot of the steps to help secure my blog. I changed user permissions and other things like that. It’s all in the whitepaper and I highly recommended that you read it. However, the test for all of the extra security will come when this blog remains unhacked for more than a month! 
The security of your blog is important, so take it seriously. Bloggers like John Chow and Tyler Cruz can’t afford to let their blogs be hacked into. They’d lose money and visitors. So it’s important to remain ahead of hackers. Make good blog security habits now. Someday, when your blog is successful, you don’t want to lose it all because of a hacker.
I’d also recommend applying some of this extra security to non-Wordpress based websites. The more security you have, the better.
Also remember to back-up, I really can’t stress this enough.
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