One person owns the control
Security owner owns setup, review cadence, incident notes, and launch signoff.
Incident response
Incident Follow Up Guide
Incident Follow Up Guide for protecting ZartsAlgo admin, portal, database, connector, import, report, and traffic operations at larger client volume.
Security contract
What this control protects.
Use this guide before storing real customer data, connecting providers, enabling client portals, or importing high-volume traffic records.
Name the failure mode
The main risk is exposing internal records, provider payloads, credentials, or client private data to the wrong surface.
Save proof before calling it ready
Save the source label, owner, date range, and portal-safe summary that proves the control can be explained.
Keep client-safe summaries separate
Admin notes, raw provider payloads, credentials, and private customer details stay internal unless a portal-safe summary is explicitly approved.
Control checklist
Specific checks for this topic.
- Provider tokens kept out of PHP files
- SQL seed files reviewed after import
- Readonly reporting user planned
- Import user privileges narrowed
- Backup file location documented
- Restore drill completed
- Rollback owner assigned
- Incident pause path documented
- Client-safe summary rule written
Baseline safeguards
Checks that apply everywhere.
- Use password hashes or server environment variables instead of storing secrets in public files.
- Keep admin and portal routes noindex, nofollow, and noarchive.
- Move live operational data outside the public web root before real customer use.
- Use narrow MySQL users for runtime, readonly reporting, imports, and traffic storage.
- Verify backup, restore, and rollback before importing provider data or real clients.
- Write an incident owner, pause path, and client-safe summary rule before launch.
- Capture screenshots or logs without exposing provider tokens or customer private details.
- Retest desktop and mobile after any dashboard, portal, or generated guide changes.
Operational controls
Turn the guide into repeatable work.
Each item should become an admin task, SOP note, launch checklist item, incident step, or client-safe report note depending on the risk.
Provider tokens kept out of PHP files
Confirm owner, source, environment, data boundary, rollback path, and review cadence before this control is marked ready.
SQL seed files reviewed after import
Confirm owner, source, environment, data boundary, rollback path, and review cadence before this control is marked ready.
Readonly reporting user planned
Confirm owner, source, environment, data boundary, rollback path, and review cadence before this control is marked ready.
Import user privileges narrowed
Confirm owner, source, environment, data boundary, rollback path, and review cadence before this control is marked ready.
Backup file location documented
Confirm owner, source, environment, data boundary, rollback path, and review cadence before this control is marked ready.
Restore drill completed
Confirm owner, source, environment, data boundary, rollback path, and review cadence before this control is marked ready.
Rollback owner assigned
Confirm owner, source, environment, data boundary, rollback path, and review cadence before this control is marked ready.
Incident pause path documented
Confirm owner, source, environment, data boundary, rollback path, and review cadence before this control is marked ready.
Client-safe summary rule written
Confirm owner, source, environment, data boundary, rollback path, and review cadence before this control is marked ready.