Safety is a layered concept

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Think of safety as when the criminal penetrates one layer of security. Then there is just another protective layer behind it. Bad guys and criminals are often entrepreneurs with a mission. Mostly getting revenue or accessing valuable information. Criminals mostly go for the lowest hanging apples. You and your business should not be a low hanging apple. This is a list of layers you should implement:

  • 2-Step Verification
  • Hardcore, complex passwords everywhere
  • Use different, hardcore, complex usernames everywhere when possible
  • SSL encryption
  • SSH encryption
  • WordPress sites updated to latest version
  • All WordPress themes updated
  • All WordPress plugins updated
  • 2-Step Verification on WordPress or use .htaccess based IP control
  • Ubuntu filesystem system set with correct permission
  • Ubuntu updated
  • Configure the firewall in EC2 only to allow incoming traffic on port 443 from the IP-range that belongs to CloudFlare.
  • The EC2 firewall should only allow incoming traffic on port 22 from your computers IP
  • The EC2 firewall should only allow outgoing traffic to the Internet on port 22, 80 and 443. Port 80 is only for the Ubuntu updater “sudo apt-get.”
  • Use IPVanish or similar VPN protection on your phone, tablet, PC and Mac.