Weighing up the risks: a sensible attitude to security

In the news this week I’ve learned that many national and local government websites, as well as NHS ones are highly vulnerable to being hacked and defaced.

See: UK Government sites hacked with pharma spam and UK Parliament XSS flaw disclosed

When putting up any internet-facing resource or system, you need to consider:

  1. how important it is to you &your users
  2. what would be the implications if it got hacked
  3. how much input you’re prepared to make to keep it secure

This is always a balancing act, with no right answers, just a careful judgement of risk. The questions below might help in your assessment.

Importance

Implications

Input

There are a multitude of opinions out there about how to best secure your site. But I would suggest that the more important it is, and the greater the implications, the more input you need to make to keep it secure – probably in the order shown above.


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Posted: 26 March 2014

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