The Website Ahead Contains Malware! - CMS Security and Hack Recovery

In a change to the schedule programme, we focus on website hacks - how to protect against a hack, and approaches for dealing with hacks when they occur.

Anyone who has had a website hacked will know the heartache this can cause - both in the short term, and the lasting impact it can have on your web business.

There is of course the initial panic when you realise your site has been hacked. Then there are the challenges of trying to find out how the site has been hacked and its impact, and managing the communications with both your hosting engineers and your clients as the hack is resolved. And there are also the longer term issues related to your site being blacklisted by Search Engines and anti-virus services.

Marcus J Wilson of Pooka.Pro discusses the dangers of hosting a website and how to mitigate against hacks, and approaches to ensure that you are ready to deal with hacks when they happen.

The session will focus on Wordpress, but will contain information relevant to other Open Source CMS platforms.

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We now hope to bring you the previously scheduled "New Kids on the Block - Introducing the new CMSs" session at a later date.

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Join other users and developers of Open Source Content Management Systems for our monthly breakfast meetups on the first Friday of every month to:

Meet users and developers of the most popular Open Source CMS (including WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal) in an informal and friendly setting;

Connect and expand your network;

Get help and support from other CMS developers and users in Scotland;

Share tips and tricks on the main CMS platforms and related web technologies.

Monthly meetups run from 8.30am to 10am in the Cardoon Suite at the Bruntsfield Hotel) on the first Friday of every month (check our calendar for details).

£5 per person will be charged for buffet breakfast at the meetup, which will include scrambled egg rolls, bacon rolls, yoghurt pots, fresh fruit, pastries, tea, coffee and juice.