SSM Takes over Leading Wordpress Security Plugin
Posted by Jason Remillard on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 @ 09:59 AM
--July 9, 2010.
SSM has officially taken over the support, stewardship and operational aspects of one of the leading security plugins for Wordpress today.
"As part of our community outreach program, we decided to work with Frank to transition the plugin to our development team. With over 150,000 downloads since he started it, we felt that this would make a significant addition to our service repertoire", stated SiteSecurityMonitor.com founder Jason Remillard.
"SSM is a leader in the web security space, and I've known 
Jason and his team for a while now. I feel comfortable that SSM will continue to develop the plugin and provide great customer support for it", added the original developer of the Secure Wordpress plugin - Frank Bueltge.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Product 
management details are still being worked out, primarily if this plugin code base will be merged with the original SSM plugin: WP Secure.
"Two things are certain in this deal: One, this plugin with continue to remain free to the community forever. Two, this plugin is an important step in protecting businesses from malware, security injections and other attacks. This product fits perfectly with our corporate mantra", continued Mr. Remillard.
Shortly the plugin will be revised to support two popular features from SiteSecurityMonitor.com - a free whole site Malware scan, and a complete Web Vulnerability and Penentration test. As well, all current and new customers will have access to the popular SSM Security Seal Program - this allows webmasters to put a security seal on their site demonstrating that it has (or is) being scanned and protected from Malware.
Existing and new customers may download the plugin directly at: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/secure-wordpress/ or learn more about it at: http://www.sitesecuritymonitor.com/secure-wordpress-plugin/
For more information or interview requests, email sales@sitesecuritymonitor.com, or call: 888-451-3338