Website security guides

Plain, current guidance on the security posture anyone can check from the outside — and how to keep it from silently breaking.

How to Check Your Website's Security in 2026

The three layers of external security posture — TLS, headers and DNS — and how to check each.

How to Check When an SSL Certificate Expires

Four ways to check expiry, from a browser click to hands-off monitoring.

How to Actually Stop a Certificate From Expiring on You

Why auto-renewal fails quietly, and the boring habit that prevents the 9pm outage call.

Your SSL Certificate Just Expired — How to Fix It Fast

Get the site back up in minutes, then stop it ever happening again.

Certificates Already Expire in 200 Days — and 47 Is Coming

The real CA/Browser Forum schedule, and why shorter certs mean more silent failures.

Fix “Your Connection Is Not Private” on Your Site

The real server-side causes of the browser warning — and the fix for each.

The Security Headers Every Website Needs in 2026

HSTS, CSP and the rest — what each protects against and how to add it.

What Is HSTS (and the HSTS Preload List)?

Force HTTPS the right way, roll out max-age safely, and decide on preload.

How to Stop Email Spoofing with SPF, DKIM & DMARC

The three DNS records, in the right order — including the 2026 DMARCbis rewrite.

How to Check and Read Your DMARC Record

Find your record, decode every tag, and know what p=none really costs you.

DMARC p=none vs quarantine vs reject: Which You Actually Want

p=none doesn't protect anything. How to climb to reject without blocking your own mail.

Gmail & Yahoo Bulk-Sender Rules: What Happens If You Ignore Them

Non-compliant bulk mail now bounces, not just goes to spam. The SPF/DKIM/DMARC checklist.

Turning SSL & Security Monitoring into SOC 2 Evidence

Why a screenshot isn't enough, and what over-the-period evidence looks like.

ISO 27001 Evidence for TLS, Headers & DNS

Which Annex A controls this covers, and the dated evidence auditors accept.

PCI DSS and TLS: What the Card Rules Require

What Requirement 4 really asks of your TLS, and how to keep — and prove — you stay compliant.

HIPAA and Your Website's TLS: What "Encryption in Transit" Means

What HIPAA expects of your TLS today, the proposed 2025 change, and how to prove it held.

SSL & Security Monitoring for Agencies

Never miss a client's expired cert — watch every client domain from one place.

How to Add Security Headers (Nginx, Apache, Cloudflare)

Copy-paste configs for HSTS, CSP and the rest — and how to keep them from regressing.

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