Website Security Services
Website security involves protecting the website, its users, application components, integrations, and supporting infrastructure.
Depending on the platform, security work can include:
- Security updates
- Vulnerability assessment
- Access control
- Authentication
- SSL/TLS configuration
- Secure configuration
- Malware investigation
- Suspicious activity monitoring
- Backup protection
- API security
- Plugin and dependency updates
- Security hardening
Website Maintenance Services
Regular maintenance helps keep websites functional as technologies, browsers, integrations, plugins, and business requirements change.
Maintenance can include:
- Software updates
- CMS updates
- Plugin updates
- Dependency updates
- Content-related technical changes
- Bug fixes
- Broken-link troubleshooting
- Form troubleshooting
- Integration maintenance
- Database maintenance
- Performance improvements
- Compatibility updates
Website Monitoring
Monitoring can help identify issues that may affect website availability or performance.
Depending on the environment, monitoring can cover:
- Website availability
- Server status
- Application errors
- Performance
- SSL certificate status
- Database health
- Resource utilization
- Suspicious activity
- Backup status
Website Backup & Recovery
Regular backups provide a recovery option when websites experience data loss, configuration problems, security incidents, or deployment issues.
Backup strategies can include:
- Website files
- Databases
- Configuration
- Application data
- Scheduled backups
- Backup retention
- Recovery testing
WordPress Security & Maintenance
WordPress websites require ongoing management of the CMS, themes, plugins, configurations, and hosting environment.
Maintenance can include:
- WordPress updates
- Plugin updates
- Theme updates
- Security review
- Backup configuration
- Malware investigation
- Performance optimization
- Compatibility troubleshooting
- Database maintenance
E-commerce Website Maintenance
E-commerce platforms require particular attention because they combine websites, product systems, customer accounts, orders, payments, and integrations.
Maintenance can include:
- Checkout troubleshooting
- Payment integration monitoring
- Product functionality
- Order workflows
- Plugin and dependency updates
- Security updates
- Performance optimization
- API integrations
- Database maintenance
Website Performance Optimization
Website performance can affect usability and operational efficiency.
Optimization may include:
- Page-load analysis
- Image optimization
- Caching
- Database optimization
- Code optimization
- API performance
- Server configuration
- Asset optimization
- Unnecessary plugin or dependency review
Website Troubleshooting
Technical problems can arise from software updates, integrations, hosting configuration, third-party services, application code, or database issues.
Troubleshooting can address:
- Website errors
- Broken pages
- Forms not working
- Login problems
- Payment problems
- API failures
- Database errors
- Plugin conflicts
- Integration failures
- Performance issues
- Deployment problems
SSL & HTTPS Management
HTTPS helps protect communication between users and websites.
Website maintenance can include:
- SSL certificate monitoring
- Certificate renewal
- HTTPS configuration
- Redirect configuration
- Mixed-content troubleshooting
- Secure connection testing
Website Malware & Security Incident Support
When suspicious activity or malware is identified, technical investigation may involve:
- Identifying affected components
- Reviewing available logs
- Assessing files and configurations
- Identifying the source or affected area where possible
- Removing malicious components where appropriate
- Updating vulnerable software
- Reviewing access controls
- Restoring from a known-good backup where appropriate
- Strengthening security controls
Website Updates & Upgrades
Websites depend on changing technologies.
Maintenance can include updates to:
- CMS platforms
- Frameworks
- Plugins
- Themes
- Libraries
- APIs
- Server software
- Runtime environments
- Third-party integrations
Website Content & Technical Changes
Technical maintenance can also support routine website changes such as:
- Forms
- Menus
- Landing pages
- Tracking scripts
- Third-party integrations
- Structured data
- Technical SEO elements
- Analytics configuration
- Conversion elements
API & Third-Party Integration Maintenance
Websites frequently depend on external services.
Maintenance can address integrations with:
- Payment providers
- CRM systems
- ERP systems
- Email services
- SMS platforms
- Analytics
- Maps
- Social platforms
- Shipping providers
- Marketing tools
Website Database Maintenance
Database maintenance can include:
- Backup management
- Performance review
- Query optimization
- Data integrity checks
- Storage management
- Error investigation
- Database updates
Cloud & Hosting Support
Website maintenance can also involve the underlying infrastructure.
Services may include:
- Hosting configuration
- Cloud infrastructure
- Server management
- Domain configuration
- DNS
- SSL
- Backups
- Monitoring
- Deployment
- Resource optimization
Website Security Best Practices
A website security program may include several layers rather than relying on a single security tool.
Website Maintenance Plans
Maintenance can be structured according to the needs of the website.