Presentation: "Website Protection - Joomla Security and Backups"

Last night I was very pleased to chat with Nic from Akeeba Ltd, during a Melbourne Joomla User Group presentation on Joomla Website Security and Backups.

It was a great meetup with lots of good discussions and questions.

There's a transcript of the "Top 10 Security Tips" and the slides at https://www.websolutionz.com.au/blog/joomla-security-top-10-tips/

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Password Security

Some information about Password Security for clients and potential clients, via the WebSolutionZ blog.

Using strong and unique passwords can be one of the key differences between being hacked, and not
https://www.websolutionz.com.au/blog/password-security/

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How our JUG worked towards 7 new Aussie Joomla! Certified Administrators

Me writing in this month's Joomla! Community Magazine: How our JUG worked towards 7 new Aussie Joomla! Certified Administrators #Joomla #JoomlaAu #JoomlaCertification #JCM

https://magazine.joomla.org/item/3319-how-our-jug-worked-towards-7-new-aussie-joomla-certified-administrators

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Recommended Read: 12 Things Everyone Should Understand About Tech

"Technology isn’t an industry, it’s a method of transforming the culture and economics of existing systems and institutions."

There are so many things I like about this article - it basically outlines the reasons I chose to do a humanities-based degree rather than a technical one, despite 25 years of tech roles. #LongRead but a very good one ✅😀

https://medium.com/humane-tech/12-things-everyone-should-understand-about-tech-d158f5a26411

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Recommended Read: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach

All the worst suspicions about how your Facebook data can be used, confirmed. PLEASE, stop doing quizzes, surveys, questionnaires and anything where you have to click OK on permissions! This gives access to your profile AND often your friend's profiles, to 3rd parties! (It's also how you get hacked).

“We exploited Facebook to harvest millions of people’s profiles. And built models to exploit what we knew about them and target their inner demons. That was the basis the entire company was built on.”

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election

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