Security
Security you can actually understand.
Practical protection for your website, hosting, WordPress site, or web application — and calm, thorough cleanup if you’ve already been hit.
Been hacked? Start here.
Take a breath. This is recoverable — it almost always is.
1. Contain.
Lock the doors: change credentials, isolate the compromised site, stop whatever the attacker left running. If your site is defaced, sending spam, or flagged by Google, this is where it stops.
2. Clean.
Find and remove what was planted — not just the visible damage, but the backdoors attackers leave for a return visit. A cleanup that misses the backdoor isn’t a cleanup; it’s an intermission. This is where experience matters most.
3. Close the hole.
A hack always has an entry point — an outdated plugin, a weak password, a vulnerability in old code. I find it and fix the cause, not just the symptom.
4. Recover standing.
Get you off Google’s blocklist and out of the “this site may be hacked” purgatory, verify email deliverability, confirm with evidence that the site is clean.
You’ll get a plain-English incident summary at the end: what happened, how they got in, what was fixed, and what changed so it doesn’t happen again.
Rather not get hacked at all?
Most hacked sites weren’t targeted — they were simply the easiest door on the street. Prevention is mostly discipline, and discipline can be delegated.
Available as a one-time hardening project or ongoing care alongside hosting and maintenance.
Honest scope
I do practical security for business websites and applications: the discipline and defenses that stop the way real-world sites actually get compromised. I don’t do enterprise compliance paperwork, penetration-testing theater, or fear-based selling. If your situation needs a specialist — forensics for legal proceedings, formal compliance certification — I’ll say so and point you in the right direction.
FAQ
How do sites actually get hacked?
Overwhelmingly: outdated software, stolen or weak passwords, and vulnerable plugins. Genuinely targeted attacks on small and mid-size businesses are rare — automated scans for easy doors are constant.
My site was hacked — is my customer data at risk?
It depends on what the site stores and what was accessed; that’s a core question the cleanup answers. You’ll get a straight answer, because you may have notification obligations — I won’t sugarcoat it.
Can you secure a site you didn’t build?
Yes — that’s the usual case. Security work pairs naturally with a project takeover (see Project Rescue).
How fast can you respond to an active hack?
Mark it urgent in the contact form. Active incidents get same-day attention.
Worried, or already dealing with it?
Either way, tell me what’s going on. Plain answers, same-day response for active incidents, no scare tactics.