Security Audit and Hardening
An audit, a remediation programme and ongoing monitoring after a near-miss with an outdated plugin.
Service
Information Security
Security is cheapest before something goes wrong. We audit, harden and monitor so a small problem stays small.
Overview
Most breaches we are called in after were not sophisticated. An unpatched plugin, a reused admin password, a backup nobody had tested. The damage is rarely proportional to the effort it would have taken to prevent.
We work through the unglamorous list: what is running, what is out of date, who has access they no longer need, whether the backups restore. Then we monitor, so the next problem is caught early.
Audit, harden, monitor
The audit tells you where you stand. Hardening closes what it found — access control, patching, configuration, transport security. Monitoring is what keeps it closed as the site changes.
If something has already happened
We handle incident response as well: containing it, working out what was reached, cleaning up and closing the route in. Call before you start deleting things.
What you get
Benefits of This Service
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Plain findings, ranked
A report in language you can act on, ordered by real risk rather than scanner severity.
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Backups that restore
Tested recovery, not just a backup plugin nobody has ever run in anger.
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Watched, not just fixed
Monitoring and patching so the site does not drift back to where it started.
Scope
What is included
The exact mix is agreed during scoping, but a typical engagement covers the following.
- Security audit and risk report
- Vulnerability assessment
- Website and server hardening
- Access and permissions review
- Backup and recovery testing
- Uptime and malware monitoring
- Incident response support
How it runs
Our Process for This Service
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Discover
Understand the business, the audience and what is getting in the way today.
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Plan
Agree the scope, the priorities and how success will be judged.
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Build
Produce the work in reviewable stages rather than one large reveal.
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Improve
Read the results and shape the next cycle around what they show.
Proof
Work That Used This Service
Questions About This Service
Configuration, access control, dependency and plugin versions, transport security, exposed endpoints, and whether your backups actually restore. You get a ranked report with fixes.
Yes. Monitoring, patching and periodic re-testing are available as a retainer, which is how most clients keep the audit findings from reappearing.
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