What WordPress is Doing

To Keep Your Site Safe

WordCamp Atlanta 2018

Slides: https://adcwp.me/wcatl2018

Our Goal

 

Keep WordPress Users Secure

30.5%

Code Review

Bug Bounty Program

https://HackerOne.com/WordPress

Bug Bounty Success

  • Increased number of issues reported
  • Reporters feel appreciated
  • Average bounty – $350
  • Over $17,000 paid out for valid issues
  • Better Tools (as part of HackerOne)

Bug Bounty Struggles

  • Only about 13.4% of reports are valid
  • High Touch

Relationships

  • Plugin Devs
  • Other CMSs
  • Hosts
  • WAFs

Automatic Updates

Automatic Updates are Fast

Tens of thousands of updates a minute

Automatic Updates are Extremely Reliable

More than a 99.9% success rate

Only about a .001% failure rate

Q & A

Aaron D. Campbell – @AaronCampbell
GoDaddy

Slides: https://adcwp.me/wcatl2018

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