Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs BrainCert Virtual Classroom

BrainCert’s Virtual Classroom is an award-winning product to transform any website into a dynamic learning and collaboration platform. With our robust integration capabilities, you can effortlessly incorporate our extensive features into your existing website, LMS, CMS, or application, delivering an unmatched educational experience to your learners. Our White-Label Solution offers unparalleled customization options, including tailored branding, your own domain, a dedicated API endpoint, an SSL certificate, and a variety of theme choices, all within a secure and cohesive educational setting. Get started by signing up for a free BrainCert account and obtaining your API key. For further details, our Developer documentation provides comprehensive guidance. BrainCert’s RESTful API grants access to a wealth of Virtual Classroom resources, such as classes, video recordings, and shopping cart features. Virtual Classroom Features Experience crystal-clear Ultra HD audio and video conferencing, powered by WebRTC technology, with resilience for multiple full HD participants. Cross-platform WebRTC support for macOS and iOS on Safari 11, Android on Opera and Chrome, and desktops on Chrome and Firefox. Accessibility in 50 languages with options for API-driven language setting or attendee selection. Effortless cloud-based recording of sessions, available for download in 720p HD, with online sharing and playback for attendees. Flexible recording controls allow for manual or automatic capture of classes, with options to download individual recordings or merge them into a single file through a straightforward API call. Group screen sharing with HTML5 support, offering HD quality in a tabbed interface, allows for displaying an entire screen or a single application without any downloads or installations. Multiple interactive whiteboards featuring a suite of tools for drawing, writing LaTEX math equations, creating shapes and symbols, utilizing line tools, saving snapshots, and document sharing across multiple tabs. Secure sharing of documents and presentations, alongside streaming of audio/video files. Access to Wolfram|Alpha for computational knowledge and data across various subjects, including science, engineering, and mathematics. A comprehensive equation editor, group chat functionality, and advanced annotation tools to interact with uploaded materials. A responsive 16:9 whiteboard design that adapts to any screen size and browser resolution, ensuring a consistent viewing experience for all participants. About BrainCert BrainCert LMS platform is designed to deliver any type of training online, from creating, marketing, and selling courses, tests, and live classes to specific use cases such as creating & delivering assessments for academic and certification needs, compliance training, workplace skills improvement, proctored exams, customer and partner training, as well as real-time collaboration using an integrated virtual classroom. Note: You can use the Virtual Classroom API by itself; it doesn’t need the BrainCert LMS subscription. But you will need to subscribe to the API. Check out the prices on our website here

Easily improve site security with WordPress Hardening, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Login Protection, Vulnerability Detection and SSL certificate. Really simple, Effective and Performant WordPress Security Really Simple Security is the most lightweight and easy-to-use security plugin for WordPress. It secures your WordPress website with SSL certificate generation, including proper 301 https redirection and SSL enforcement, scanning for possible vulnerabilities, Login Protection and implementing essential WordPress hardening features. We believe that security should have the absolute minimum effect on website performance, user experience and maintainability. Therefore, Really Simple Security is: Lightweight: Every security feature is developed with a modular approach and with performance in mind. Disabled features won’t load any redundant code. Easy-to-use: 1-minute configuration with short onboarding setup. Security Features Easy SSL Migration Migrates your website to HTTPS and enforces SSL in just one click. 301 redirect via PHP or .htaccess Secure cookies Let’s Encrypt: Install an SSL Certificate if your hosting provider supports manual installation. Server Health Check: Your server configuration is every bit as important for your website security. WordPress Hardening Tweak your configuration and keep WordPress fortified and safe by tackling potential weaknesses. Prevent code execution in the uploads folder Prevent login feedback and disable user enumeration Disable XML-RPC Disable directory browsing Username restrictions (block ‘admin’ and public names) and much more.. Vulnerability Detection Get notified when plugins, themes or WP core contain vulnerabilities and need appropriate action. Login Protection Allow or enforce Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for specific user roles. Users receive a two-factor code via Email. Improve Security with Really Simple Security Pro Protect your site with all essential security features by upgrading to Really Simple Security Pro. Advanced SSL enforcement Mixed Content Scan & Fixer. Detect files that are requested over HTTP and fix them to HTTPS, both Front- and Back-end. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security and configure your site for the HSTS Preload list. Firewall Really Simple Security Pro includes a performant and efficient WordPress firewall, to stop bots, crawlers and bad actors with IP and username blocks. 404 blocking – Blocks crawlers as they trigger unusual numbers of 404 errors. Region blocking – Only allow/block access to your site from specific regions. Automated and customisable Firewall rules. IP blocklist and allowlist. Security Headers Security headers protect your site visitors against the risk of clickjacking, cross-site-forgery attacks, stealing login credentials and malware. Independent of your Server Configuration, works on Apache, LiteSpeed, NGINX, etc. Protect your website visitors with X-XSS Protection, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, a Referrer Policy and CORS headers. Automatically generate your WordPress-tailored Content Security Policy. Vulnerability Measures When a vulnerability is detected in a plugin, theme or WordPress core you will get notified accordingly. With Vulnerability Measures, you can configure simple but effective measures to make sure that a critical vulnerability won’t remain unattended. Force update: An update process will be tried multiple times until it can be assumed development of a theme or plugin is abandoned. You will be notified during these steps. Quarantine: When a plugin or theme can’t be updated to solve a vulnerability, Really Simple Security can quarantine the plugin. Advanced Site Hardening Choose a custom login URL Automated File Permissions check and fixer Rename and randomize your database prefix Change the debug.log file location to a non-public folder Disable application passwords Control admin creation Disable HTTP methods, reducing HTTP requests Login Protection Secure your website’s login process and user accounts with powerful security measures. Two-Step verification (Email login) 2FA (two factor authentication) with TOTP Passwordless login with passkey login Enforce strong passwords and frequent password change Limit Login Attempts With Limit Login Attempts you can configure a threshold to temporarily or permanently block IP addresses or (non-existing) usernames. You can also throw a CAPTCHA after a failed login (hCaptcha or Google reCaptcha) Access Control Restrict access to your site for specific regions. Add specific IP addresses or IP ranges to the Blocklist or Allowlist. Useful Links Documentation Security Definitions Translate Really Simple Security Issues & pull requests Feature requests Love Really Simple Security? If you want to support the continuing development of this plugin, please consider buying Really Simple Security Pro, which includes some excellent security features and premium support. About Really Simple Plugins Our mission is to make complex WordPress requirements really easy. Really Simple Security is developed by Really Simple Plugins. For generating SSL certificates, Really Simple Security uses the le acme2 PHP Let’s Encrypt client library, thanks to ‘fbett’ for providing it. Vulnerability Detection uses WP Vulnerability, an open-source initiative by Javier Casares. Want to join as a collaborator? We’re on GitHub as well!