Sitefinity CMS Security And Best Practices

Progress Whitepaper

Published February 2021

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Many large organizations rely on Progress® Sitefinity™ CMS for delivering their web presence — from government agencies, financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies to various businesses all over the world.

Security is not open to compromise and this is reflected in the CMS evaluation process. We often receive a great spectrum of questions about security in Progress Sitefinity CMS.

This whitepaper addresses those questions by listing the most common threats that organizations face today, explaining what they are, what Progress Sitefinity CMS is doing to prevent them and what extra steps are available to make your environment more secure.

The document explains the most important security aspects of Progress Sitefinity CMS:

  • The organization’s commitment to security and how this affects the secure software development lifecycle, team structure and trainings.
  • Security features of the product.
  • OWASP Top 10 – Most common threats that any web application faces and how Progress Sitefinity CMS handles these kinds of threats to ensure the security of your system.
  • Best practices to secure your website on a production environment.