{"id":2275,"date":"2021-04-19T20:37:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T20:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2024-12-03T17:58:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:58:22","slug":"security-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/general-information\/security-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Best Practice Considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This platform is intended for low-risk <a href=\"https:\/\/uit.stanford.edu\/guide\/riskclassifications#application-classification-examples\">data<\/a> defined by Stanford&#8217;s Information Security Office (ISO). You should NOT store any data other than low risk\u00a0data. Medium and High-Risk data is not allowed on this platform. Please be familiar with Stanford Security and Usage\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/general-information\/governance-policy\/\">policies<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even with low-risk data, please consider the following best practices when hosting your website:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Link your protected document in google doc with appropriate permission.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Don&#8217;t publish your zoom link without using additional zoom security features such as Only authenticated users can join the meetings and Waiting room and admit them individually.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Don&#8217;t use a common username such admin, administrator, root as your login accounts.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Enable &#8220;Limit the rate Login Attempts&#8221; to stop some malicious activities. <br \/>(installed by default in new WordPress sites)<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"159\" class=\"wp-image-2281\" style=\"width: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Limit-Login-Attempts-plugin.jpg\" alt=\"Limit Login Attempts plugin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Limit-Login-Attempts-plugin.jpg 886w, https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Limit-Login-Attempts-plugin-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Limit-Login-Attempts-plugin-768x244.jpg 768w, https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Limit-Login-Attempts-plugin-705x224.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) calc(100vw - 40px), (max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 60px), (max-width: 991px) calc((100vw - 100px) * 0.8), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 160px) * 0.8), (max-width: 1499px) calc((100vw - 200px) * 2 \/ 3), (max-width: 1699px) calc((100vw - 728px) * 7 \/ 12 + 288px), 855px\" \/><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Use the long password 16+ characters containing alpha, numeric, and special characters.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Enable Comment Filtering plugins (ie., Akismet) and comments must be moderated to avoid spam.<br \/>(installed by default in new WordPress sites)<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"186\" class=\"wp-image-2280\" style=\"width: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Akismet-Anit-Spam-plugin.jpg\" alt=\"Akismet Anit-Spam plugin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Akismet-Anit-Spam-plugin.jpg 888w, https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Akismet-Anit-Spam-plugin-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Akismet-Anit-Spam-plugin-768x285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/domains.stanford.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Akismet-Anit-Spam-plugin-705x262.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) calc(100vw - 40px), (max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 60px), (max-width: 991px) calc((100vw - 100px) * 0.8), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 160px) * 0.8), (max-width: 1499px) calc((100vw - 200px) * 2 \/ 3), (max-width: 1699px) calc((100vw - 728px) * 7 \/ 12 + 288px), 855px\" \/><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Use ReCAPTCHA in online submission forms is to prevent spam and abuse from entering the site.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Should enable moderate\/approval feature on any comments, forum, blog posting.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Do not allow upload files (txt, pdf, pictures, video, etc) without any authentication.<\/li>\r\n<li>Keep your site up-to-date, including: CMS updates, Plug-in Updates, Themes revisions, Users, PHP version<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This platform is intended for low-risk data defined by Stanford&#8217;s Information Security Office (ISO). You should NOT store any data other than low risk\u00a0data. Medium and High-Risk data is not allowed on this platform. Please be familiar with Stanford Security and Usage\u00a0policies. 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