There are no tweaks or key changes you can make

  • General Recommendations
    • Threat monitoring
    • Realize your security risks and attend to them in the design phase
      • Think a little more. Start thinking about security threats

Threat Modeling

Think through all of the threats and attack vectors for your software and server.

  • Make attempts to teach or talk with customers
  • Customer Requests
    • Report vulnerabilities in Plesk
    • Hacked Servers
      • Investigate hacks to see if there were issues
    • Outdated Software is a common attack vector
    • Make sure everything is up to date

Principle of Least Privileges

  • Don’t use root if you don’t have to
  • Define roles for users
  • Opening only necessary ports for it to work

Tools on Plesk

  • WordPress Toolkit
  • Firewall Extension
    • Allows you to manage your connections and ports
    • Control the network configuration

Above all, be informed about the software you use.