#136: Website security for bootstrappers

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Security audits! Bug bounty programs! Frequent unsolicited pen-testing! When you put a website on the Internet, it almost immediately faces non-stop security attacks.Ed and I discuss the ways we handle this within the resources available to us as bootstrappers.Thanks to EmailToolTester who sponsored this episode. Find which email newsletter service actually reaches your customers with EmailToolTester’s deliverability report.Discuss this episode and more on our discussion forum for Bootstrappers.

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Security audits! Bug bounty programs! Frequent unsolicited pen-testing! When you put a website on the Internet, it almost immediately faces non-stop security attacks.Ed and I discuss the ways we handle this within the resources available to us as...

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