Security
This page documents information related to Security for the MediaWiki platform and the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Educational and training material
- Manual:Security — information for system administrators about tightening up security for MediaWiki installations
- Security for developers — information for developers about tightening up security
Related security content
| Project | Use by Wikimedia Security Team |
|---|---|
| mediawiki.org | General content for policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), etc. Official Security team page. |
| wikitech.wikimedia.org | Procedural or instructional material that is not training. |
| office.wikimedia.org (non-public) | Sensitive or private content. Must have a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with the Wikimedia Foundation and appropriate access. |
| foundation.wikimedia.org | Canonical location for official policies of the Wikimedia Foundation |
Understanding the Wikimedia Security Team's documentation structure.
Subpages
- Security/Application Security Pipeline
- Security/Guides
- Security/Guides/Draft
- Security/Guides/Draft/Golang Security Best Practices
- Security/Guides/SQL Queries and 3rd Party Packages
- Security/Policy
- Security/Policy/Candidates
- Security/Policy/Draft
- Security/SOP
- Security/SOP/Access to Phabricator Security Issues
- Security/SOP/Application Security Reviews
- Security/SOP/Requests For Service
- Security/SOP/Security Preview
- Security/SOP/Security Readiness Reviews/Response Templates
- Security/ServiceDescriptions/SRMsd
- Security/Training resources
- Security/Wikimedia Risk Calculator
- Security/bn
- Security/cs
- Security/de
- Security/de-formal
- Security/en
- Security/es
- Security/fr
- Security/id
- Security/ja
- Security/pl
- Security/pt
- Security/ru
- Security/tr
- Security/zh