Your Theme, Plugin, Site Has a Security Vulnerability – Now What?

You have a plugin, theme, or site and suddenly your worst fear comes true; you get an E-Mail informing you of a security vulnerability. What should you do? How should you respond? What responsibilities do you have? What do you disclose and when? Find out how to handle these tense times and protect yourself and your users.

Learning Outcomes

  • Handle security reports.
  • Properly communicate with reporter.
  • Know what to expect, what to ask for, and what you should and should not share publicly.

Speaker

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About Aaron D. Campbell

Aaron is an international speaker, open source advocate, and outgoing introvert. He is currently the VP of Product at Monarx and has been helping companies create, and bring to market, compelling and competitive product offerings for the last 10 years for brands such as GoDaddy, Newfold Digital, A2Hosting, and hosting.com. He’s been a regular contributor to the WordPress open source project for nearly two decades and applies his knowledge of, and passion for, open source to align companies with those projects to improve their own products and offerings while providing better and more secure open source solutions to their customers.