No matter how secure you might think a site is, there will be a way to hack into it.

I've just come through a long lineup of site updates. Virtually all the sites I run have needed an update, new code freshly rewritten to foil the bad guys out there.

It's just like virus updates. If you run Windows you get them just about every day. I feel for you. Between the virus scanning and the updates it's a wonder you all can get anything done! OK, seriously, it really is like virus updates. Every hour of every day someone's trying to figure a way in.

Oh sure, the sites I run aren't all THAT popular. And I don't collect private information like credit card numbers, so it doesn't really matter, right?

Wrong! Sorry but out of date web sites are part of the virus and malware problem. Hacked sites come in all flavors. Hacked sites that steal credit card numbers get all the headlines because stolen credit card numbers is big news. But hacked sites also distribute malware.

People ask me what's so important about what I do. It's not that Drupal module I wrote to do this or that or whatever. It's not the slick new theme I designed. It's keeping this little corner of the web safe and secure from the bad guys.