How do I secure my portal website? For Joomla or Mambo to avoid being hacked.

[TheWatcher]

A simple question with a complex answer! It is complex because security issues arise from a variety of sources: your code, your server, the other things running on your server, the users, etc. While Mambo/Joomla itself is relatively secure, you may still experience problems if the server is compromised or if a user gives up a password.
The basic steps you should take however include:

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Have a safe working environment.

Regards,
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[monaco]

I just read something on digg about apache's mod_security which can help foil some forms of attack, like SQL injection.

Worth looking about the apache httpd docs I'd say.