Session: What to expect when you’re expecting to be hacked: WordPress edition

Date: Thursday, January 31, 2019
Time: 1:00 - 1:45 pm (CST) (UTC-06:00)
Location: Room 1
Format: General Lecture Session

Session description

Having a central webhosting service on our campus that serves hundreds of WordPress sites, we've seen our fair share of website compromises and would love to share what we've learned about WordPress security. This talk will cover why and how your site is likely to be hacked, and what to do about it if the attackers are successful.

Presenter

Adam Arrowood

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Lead Information Security Engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology

Adam works for the Office of Information Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA USA. In his role as a Lead Information Security Engineer, he works for Georgia Tech's Cyber Security team as a resource for web application and AWS security.

Sessions

  • General Lecture Session: What to expect when you're expecting to be hacked: WordPress edition