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Short, plain-English guides on the most common website security problems Scanthra detects — and how to fix them yourself. No jargon, no fearmongering, no upselling.

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How to read a website security report

What "severity", "confidence" and "compliance map" actually mean — and which findings you can ignore for now.

WordPress security checklist (2026)

The 12 settings, plugins and headers every WordPress site should have this year — including the items most often flagged in scans.

Common findings, fixed

How to fix a missing CSP header

What a Content-Security-Policy is, why your site needs one, and a copy-paste starter you can deploy in 10 minutes.

HTTPS and TLS done right

HSTS, certificate renewal, modern cipher suites — the boring TLS hygiene that quietly decides whether browsers trust you.

SPF, DKIM & DMARC explained

The three DNS records that decide whether your emails arrive in inbox or spam — and whether scammers can impersonate you.

Exposed .env file — what to do

Someone published your secrets to the world. Here is the exact 30-minute incident response: rotate, audit, lock down.

Subdomain takeovers, explained

How a forgotten DNS record on a long-dead staging site lets an attacker host phishing pages on your domain — and how to detect it.

Adding security.txt in 5 minutes

The tiny file that tells researchers where to send vulnerability reports — and quietly signals to procurement that you take security seriously.

Compliance, without the panic

NIS2 readiness for small businesses

The EU NIS2 Directive is now in force across all 27 Member States. What changes for your website, and the cheap fixes you can do today.

GDPR website checklist

The handful of website-level items GDPR actually cares about — cookie banners, privacy notice, data deletion, breach logging.

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