> Passwords, roles, SSL, backups, and the scan report you should generate and file every Monday. Step-by-step on Growthzi, about 20 minutes. Free to start.

Source: https://growthzi.com/tutorials/security-checklist
Updated: 2026-07-09

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# The one-week security checklist for a new site

Passwords, roles, SSL, backups, and the scan report you should generate and file every Monday.

Intermediate 20 min · Jul 9, 2026

![The one-week security checklist for a new site](https://growthzi.com/covers/tutorial-security-checklist.jpg)

Passwords, roles, SSL, backups, and the scan report you should generate and file every Monday.

## What you'll build

A new Growthzi site that passes a standard security review by the end of its first week. You end up with SSL enforced, admin accounts protected by two-factor authentication, form spam controls active, backups verified as restorable, and Google Search Console plus uptime monitoring watching the site. Any weak defaults are tightened before the site starts attracting attention.

## How Growthzi does it

The Growthzi website account panel exposes every security setting in one place: SSL status, admin 2FA, session policies, and role-based permissions for your team. Form submissions run through spam filtering by default, and daily backups are retained so you can roll back if something goes wrong. Uptime monitoring can be enabled with one toggle and pings a channel of your choice when the site goes down.

## Step by step

1. Confirm SSL is enforced for both www and root domain
2. Turn on two-factor authentication for every admin account
3. Review team roles and remove any excessive permissions
4. Enable form spam filtering and add honeypot fields where missing
5. Trigger a manual backup and test restoring it to a staging site
6. Connect Google Search Console and check for security warnings
7. Enable uptime monitoring and route alerts to your ops channel

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