1. Security in Joomla Presentation created by: Laura Gordon
RytechSites.com
6/15/2016

2. Outline for Security in Joomla!...
Key points about Security
Hosting company recommendations
Akeeba Backup
RS!Firewall
Watchful.li
Admintools – by Ellen Rothwax

3. Key points to Security
Backup, Backup, Backup! Your site is only as good as your last backup
Keep your eyes open for any ‘strange events’ that occur on your site
Keep passwords secure (no easy passwords!)
Keep tools, components and Joomla! As up to date as possible (always testing)
Hosting company helps with 90% security issues!

4. Hosting Company Recommendations
Use a host that keeps backups for at least 30 days, and keeps at least 30 copies…(you are only as safe as your last backup)
Ask if your host knows and understands joomla
Use a host that uses CPANEL
Can you ‘call your host’? Write a trouble ticket? Easy communication ESSENTIAL!
Think about ‘auto joomla update’…maybe turn off, but use it as a notification should you need to update
Ask about ‘resoration of backups’, can you do it easily? Do you need to pay?
Can you create just sql backups or just sql restores?

5. Akeeba Backup - Background
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos Owner and Lead Developer
Nicholas studied Mechanical Engineering but web development ultimately won his heart. He's been programming since he was eleven years old in a variety of programming languages such various dialects of BASIC, x86 assembly, Pascal, Delphi, Fortran and –since 2001– PHP. He has been using Joomla! since the Mambo days, first as a front-end developer and since late 2006 as the lead developer of JoomlaPack, what is now known as Akeeba Backup.
In 2009 the name of the backup software changed to Akeeba Backup and the company was founded to support its commercial branch. In the following years the software portfolio grew by half a dozen components and a rapid application framework (FOF) that's included in Joomla! itself since Joomla!

6. Akeeba Backup One click
That's all it takes to create a full site backup. The archive includes your database, files and the restoration script.
Multiple formats
Standard ZIP archives, highly optimised JPA archives or AES-128 secured JPS archives. It's your choice.
In control
You get to chose what should be left out of the backup. Files or tables. And with multiple backup profiles you only set it up once.
Migrate. Move. Duplicate.
Migrate your site to a different server. Move it to a different location. Or create an exact clone. With Akeeba Backup, it's a piece of cake!
Take it to the Cloud
What good is a backup if your server goes down forever? Don't risk! Let Akeeba Backup automatically copy it to the Cloud. Built-in support for Amazon S3, DropBox and much more!

7. Akeeba - Pricing
Akeeba Backup Core is our free of charge edition. You can download it without registering on our site. It contains the necessary features for a complete backup, restoration and site move solution for your Joomla!-powered websites. While it includes all the essential features, it is missing some of the most advanced ones which are appealing to power users and web professionals. We recommend the Core edition for first-time users, ordinary webmasters and those who want to evaluate the software on their server.
Akeeba Backup Professional is the subscription-only edition. You need to purchase a suitable subscription to download it. It has all the extra features which come in handy for truly automated and secure backups, non-standard site setups and advanced uses. We recommend it for power users and web professionals.

8. Rs!Firewall - About
RSFirewall! is the most advanced Joomla! security service that you can use to protect your Joomla! website from intrusions and hacker attacks. RSFirewall! is backed up by a team of experts that are trained to be always up to date with the latest known vulnerabilities and security updates.
Protect your website from Joomla! RCE vulnerabilities
Scan your files for malware
Protect your /administrator folder with an extra password
Check Joomla! core files for integrity
Protect administrator accounts
Steps to increase your website's security
Find and fix insecure file and folder permissions
Block access to specific countries
Automatically block IPs that attack your website

9. RS!Firewall - Video

10. RS!Firewall - Pricing

11. RS!Firewall Screen Shots

12. Watchful.li – What is it?
System to use as an ‘overview’ of all of your websites.
Keep track of backups
Keep track of tool versions (components, modules, plugins)
Get warnings if a site goes down.
Schedule Backups to run automatically
Pricing:
Starter, $53/y, Maximum of sites, 5, Price per site: $0.90
Standard, $215/y, Maximum of sites, 25, Price per site: $0.72
Plus, $421/y. Maximum of sites. 50, Price per site: $0.70

13. Watchful.li - Background
Two companies are responsible for bringing to you the watchful service:
The Anything Digital (Victor Drover) group of companies build online solutions for Joomla including calendaring, digital marketing. Based in Wisconsin, USA, we also offer a full range of custom solutions for website design, maintenance, and custom applications.
inetis provides Joomla consultancy and Joomla web services. We are based in Switzerland, with clients ranging from small to medium enterprises and non profit organizations to international business. Our goal is to bring people and technology together using open source methods such as Joomla and Apache.

14. Watchful.li Overview

15. Coupons for Subscriptions 2016
RS!Firewall
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Akeeba Backup:
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Valid until the end of July 2016.
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