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Website(s) and Social Media
You may have more than one website don't forget.
- Are there any security vulnerabilities on your website(s)? e.g. https://pentest-tools.com/website-vulnerability-scanning/website-scanner
- Are you using a good quality, well supported Content Management System with regular updates?
- Do you have backup and security (Web Application Firewall) addons e.g. Akeeba for Wordpress or Joomla https://www.akeeba.com/products.html , or a static site with security addons - examples: https://www.zenarmor.com/docs/network-security-tutorials/best-open-source-web-application-firewalls )?
- Do you have Strong passwords and do not share them? “Eight-character passwords are insufficient now… and if you restrict your characters to only alphabetic letters, it can be cracked in minutes." In any case, to be on the safe side, a password length of 12 characters or more should be adopted. Try https://www.passwordmonster.com to check your password strength.
- IS THE SOFTWARE RUNNING YOUR WEBSITE UP TO DATE? You may have a hosting contract but nothing else….
- Are there backups of your website – regularly?
- Is there a place to collect and present Stories, images, audio, video? Consider a Wiki even if it is 'internal for volunteers etc? it is a knowledge base.