Security overhaul and relaunch for a founder-led platform
From compromised to hardened and growing in one quarter.
A solo founder's membership site had been defaced twice in six months. The hosting provider blamed the plugins; the previous developer had disappeared; members were asking whether their data was safe. Search rankings — the main acquisition channel — had started sliding after the second incident.
Trust, not features, was the product problem.
First a forensic pass: identified the entry point (an abandoned admin plugin), rotated every credential, and rebuilt the authentication flow with proper session handling and 2FA. Then a staged relaunch on a hardened stack with automated backups, uptime and integrity monitoring, and a documented incident-response plan the founder can actually follow.
With the foundation stable, technical SEO repairs recovered the lost rankings — and the security posture became part of the marketing story.
- ▸ Full credential rotation + 2FA auth rebuild
- ▸ Hardened hosting stack, automated backups
- ▸ Integrity + uptime monitoring with alerting
- ▸ Technical SEO recovery (structure, schema, Core Web Vitals)
On an Elite subscription: advanced monitoring, monthly strategy calls, and contractual exclusivity in their niche.
Client name withheld under NDA. References available on request.