If Your Site Runs WordPress,
It's Already a Target

Security isn't an add-on. It's a stack of configurations that start at the network layer and go all the way up to HTTP response headers. We configure every layer: iptables firewall rules to block unauthorized ports, fail2ban to auto-ban IPs after failed SSH attempts, and rate limiting on nginx to prevent brute-force attacks on any exposed endpoints.

For sites we build on Astro, the attack surface is nearly zero. There's no database to inject, no admin login to brute-force, no file upload handler to exploit. The output is static HTML served by nginx -- the same technology that protects Cloudflare's own infrastructure. We still harden these servers because defense in depth means protecting every layer, even when the application layer is already safe.

For clients running dynamic applications (Laravel, FastAPI, Node.js), we implement WAF rules, enforce Content Security Policy headers, configure CORS policies, set up intrusion detection with OSSEC, and run automated vulnerability scans on a weekly schedule. Every finding is triaged and patched, not just logged.