Name: Patchstack for developers
Brand: Patchstack

Question 1

Can I get Patchstack elsewhere with a discount?

Accepted Answer

Patchstack partners with many hosting companies that offer vulnerability alerts and real-time protection. Please contact your hosting company's support to see if they offer Patchstack protection and if that option is more affordable for you.

Question 2

Does Patchstack work with WooCommerce?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Patchstack also prevents malicious actors exploiting known vulnerabilities in WooCommerce and plugins for WooCommerce.

Question 3

What about backups and uptime monitoring?

Accepted Answer

We encourage pairing Patchstack with other security tools, such as WPVivid or UpdraftPlus for backups and WPUmbrella or ManageWP for uptime monitoring. You may also check with your hosting service provider whether they offer pluginless server-side backups.

Question 4

Why protect against vulnerabilities and how is it different than scanning for malware?

Accepted Answer

Malware is most commonly injected by exploiting security vulnerabilities. Patchstack detects those vulnerabilities and automatically applies highly targeted mitigation rules that provide highly targeted, lightweight and effective way to hold off attacks to prevent any malware to get inside. Malware scanners on the other hand scan for already injected malware which means the website has already been compromised and infected which also requires a thorough clean-up. While having regular malware scans is important to cover your back, it's always better to prevent malware infections in the first place.

Question 5

How does Patchstack mitigate vulnerabilities?

Accepted Answer

Patchstack's RapidMitigate combines deep application visibility (SCA), industry leading threat intelligence (TI) and context-aware prioritization (KEV) to deploy highly targeted on-demand mitigation rules and block attacks against vulnerabilities. This enables Patchstack to prevent up to 74% more vulnerabilities from being exploited compared to web leading application firewalls. Learn more about RapidMitigate.

Question 6

What is the difference between a WAF and RapidMitigate?

Accepted Answer

WAF stands for Web Application Firewall, which is a firewall that inspects web traffic and blocks malicious requests. WAFs typically run on the web server software itself, and have limited knowledge of the websites they are protecting. WAFs tend to include and run all firewall rules against all requests, even if it does not apply to the underlying software. RapidMitigate works a lot like a WAF: blocking known malicious requests but runs within the website itself. RapidMitigate goes a step further, and can take into context information that only the website (such as WordPress) itself is aware of, like user authorization, software versions, etc… Mitigation rules tend to be more efficient, and cause less resource usage in the website compared to a WAF because the only rules that are enabled are the ones applicable for each website.

Question 7

What if my website has already been hacked?

Accepted Answer

Since Patchstack is focused on prevention in the first place, it does not scan your files like a malware scanner and won't help you in finding existing malware on your website. We recommend reaching out to your hosting provider or a professional.

Question 8

Why would a hacker target my websites?

Accepted Answer

Attackers automatically target all websites to build large bot nets to perform more complex attacks against lucrative targets. Even a basic website gives attackers one more node for future attacks. We believe better web security is a community effort.

Question 9

Does Patchstack conflict with any other security plugins?

Accepted Answer

We have not had issues with Patchstack conflicting with other security services, but we do recommend using as few different tools on your WordPress site as possible. If you do use another security plugin, it is recommended to not enable similar features as it could cause site-breaking issues. If you have any issues with other security tools, please contact our support so we could investigate the issue.

Question 10

Will Patchstack slow down my websites?

Accepted Answer

Patchstack runs several tasks on each page load but based on tests from us and from our customers we have seen that Patchstack does not affect your website's performance in any significant or noticeable way. In fact, a test done by one of our users indicated that Patchstack is up to 10x lighter than competing security services.

Question 11

How long does setting up take?

Accepted Answer

Setting up Patchstack takes no more than a few minutes per installation. The data might need a few minutes to show up after a successful installation.

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