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Malware Scan Merged

Malware & blacklist audits added to website vulnerability scan

Update, August 26, 2021: This update is part of a bigger set of changes to our website management user experience (learn more). The website vulnerability scan at Watchful is an on-demand suite of tools that help detect and manage security risks. This includes looking at security best-practices, file and folder …

Pause Automatic Updates

Take a break from automatic updates with our new ‘pause’ feature

Automatic software updates are an important tool to help keep your website running smoothly and to minimize maintenance time. Today we are announcing two improvements to our auto update tool: the ability to update core software automatically and the ability to pause automatic updates in a single click. Below, we’ll …

Minimize Spam Maximize Email Deliverability

How to maximize email deliverability in just 10 minutes

If you are running a web agency or digital consultancy, you probably use multiple services that send white-label reports, notifications and other emails to your clients. Using your own email address with these services is important for white-labelling third party emails. But emails from your account sent via a third …

Retention Times Changing

Retention times changing for most activity logs

Recently we revamped how activity logs are stored at Watchful. With a more efficient and flexible logging system in place, we now move to the task of changing retention times across the platform. This table summarizes the upcoming changes and additional details follow below. These changes will be implemented on …

Saying Goodbye To Yubikey

Saying goodbye to YubiKey 2-factor authentication

In 2016, 2-factor authentication (2FA) for web applications was rapidly growing in popularity as important part of overall security. So back then, we were keen to expand our existing 2FA options (Google Authenticator) to include YubiKey for logging into Watchful securely. But now it’s time to say goodbye to YubiKey. …

How Much Does A Website Cost

How much does a website cost to develop and maintain?

How much do websites cost? This metric is one of the most common tools that potential clients use in the early stages of selecting a vendor. And this is the question that is answered in every proposal you deliver. But to answer this question we must consider many variables. This …