⚡ Security in Portugal

Security solutions for websites are designed to protect against threats like malware, spam, brute-force attacks, and data breaches.

Portugal is a Southern European country with a population of around 10.3 million people.

According to our statistics, security tools are detected on 11.3% of websites from Portugal.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top security tools on websites in Portugal in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Really Simple Security with an impressive share of 47.7%, followed by Cloudflare Email Obfuscation with 39.5% and Jetpack with 11.9%.

Really Simple Security 47.7%
Cloudflare Email Obfuscation 39.5%
Jetpack 11.9%
Wordfence 8.6%
Link11 0.3%
SiteLock 0.2%
Detectify 0.06%
BitNinja 0.06%
Sansec Watch 0.06%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top tools that are more popular in Portugal than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

5. Link11 ^(-2)
7. Detectify ^(-2)
8. BitNinja ^(-2)

✨ Best Security Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 9 security tools used on sites from Portugal, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Really Simple Security Groningen, Netherlands A security plugin for WordPress that can generate an SSL certificate, enforce https redirection, scan for possible vulnerabilities, enable 2FA, and implement WordPress hardening. Free$49+/year	47.7%
2	Cloudflare Email Obfuscation San Francisco, California, United States Cloudflare Email Address Obfuscation hides email addresses on web pages from bots by encrypting them. Free$25+/month	39.5%
3	Jetpack San Francisco, California, United States A collection of security, performance, and growth tools that make WordPress sites safer, faster, and increase traffic. Free$19.95+/month	11.9%
4	Wordfence Seattle, Washington, United States A WordPress security plugin that provides a web application firewall and malware scanner to protect websites from hacking attempts, malicious traffic, and vulnerable code. Free$149+/year	8.6%
5	Link11 Frankfurt, Germany Offers a cloud-based security platform that includes web application firewall, distributed denial-of-service protection, bot management, and API security. €613+/month	0.3%
6	SiteLock Scottsdale, Arizona, United States A provider of website security protection and monitoring services. $149+/year	0.2%
7	Detectify Stockholm, Sweden A website vulnerability scanner that performs tests to identify security issues on websites. €82+/month	0.06%
8	BitNinja Debrecen, Hungary A server security suite with a centralized dashboard containing an AI-powered Linux malware scanner, IP reputation, WAF, and spam detection. Free$5+/month	0.06%
9	Sansec Watch Utrecht, Netherlands A service that provides automated Content Security Policy monitoring and management specifically for Magento. Free	0.06%

👉 See Also

🌎 Security in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 14,630 websites from Portugal.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.