Will hardening slow my site down?
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Magento Security
No, done right, hardening is performance-neutral and often a net win. Security headers (CSP, HSTS), 2FA and a custom admin path add no measurable front-end cost. A well-tuned WAF and bot protection actually reduce server load by filtering malicious traffic before it hits PHP. We benchmark Core Web Vitals before and after so you can see there’s no regression.
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