# 5 ways to secure your CMS (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal etc.)

URL: https://www.poleetic.com/en/blog/2013/03/29/5-ways-to-secure-your-cms-wordpress-joomla-drupal/
Date: 2013-03-29
Last modified: 2017-01-28
Author: admin

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We do not mess with security…

Being virus infected or hacked can have serious consequences:

– Virus diffusion to your customers**
– Misuse of social accounts (ex: LinkedIn)
– Misuse of your content and links for promoting 3P products – Pills, Pocker, Porn ([ex: political science](https://www.google.fr/#hl=fr&safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&q=site:sciencespo.fr+viagra&oq=site:sciencespo.fr+viagra&gs_l=hp.3...5143.6369.4.6498.7.7.0.0.0.0.95.444.6.6.0...0.0...1c.1.7.psy-ab.Vtktuj2p2ds&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44442042,d.d2k&fp=25bba885d586f7ae&biw=1280&bih=822))
– Blacklisting by Google

 

 

In addition to always make updates to your CMS, to have daily backup of your servers, here are some ways to improve the security for your CMS :

- Changing URL to access log / pass of the back office.

- Allowing access to the backoffice only from your computers’ IP  (via .htaccess).

- Complying with your log / passwords politics and governance guidelines  (of course you have one!).

- Removing the footprint that allows to know the version of CMS and therefore  its weaknesses ( same thing in case of update).

- Set the  back office in  HTTPS.

Of course, all these points must be checked annually, documented and shared for a good #governance.**

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Source: https://www.poleetic.com/en/blog/2013/03/29/5-ways-to-secure-your-cms-wordpress-joomla-drupal/
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