A solid way to prevent spam and hacking attempts to a website is to limit the accessibility of it based on the user's internet protocol (IP) address. The SCRID website is seeing an increase in attempts to create fake accounts in the last month.  Therefore, I installed a plugin that will limit the accessibility of the website based on the origin country of the user.  Currently the allowed countries are United States, Mexico, Canada, and Great Britain. The user is presented with a message that indicates if the blocked access is in error (i.e., there is a real interested person trying to access the website from an unlisted country) they are invited to contact the webmaster.

This method ensures the most efficient and effective security for the website and the members.