Cyberattacks make headlines mainly when they target large systems or websites, but websites are hacked on a daily basis on the internet. In fact, every few seconds there is an attack on websites, servers, and other devices connected to the internet. Contrary to what you see in silly movies and bad media, it's usually not a shady hacker in a dirty hoodie sitting in a dark room typing lines of code, but rather some automated script running on millions of websites and looking for security vulnerabilities.
A hacked website is an unpleasant problem for anyone—it's a nuisance that needs to be dealt with immediately, it can hurt your search engine rankings, important information may be deleted (have you backed up your website today?), and you may also lose leads and sales if your website is down or not functioning properly.
One of the most important considerations when choosing web hosting is information security. Secure hosting is your first line of defense against website hacks. It is very important to find out what security measures are taken by the hosting service you choose.
Hosting server security: this is how we do it
At Linux Hosting, we place the utmost importance on information security and protecting your websites. Our servers are secured using a high-quality system for stopping distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks from Huawei. The system is capable of handling even extremely high-traffic attacks (terabit-level protection), identifying over 60 types of suspicious traffic and more than 100 types of common attacks.
Our storage servers are protected by Fortinet's FortiGate firewall, which provides excellent performance and multiple layers of security.
The servers' operating system is CloudLinux, which excels in security and protects the files of every user on the server, preventing many types of attacks even without additional security layers on the server.
In addition to these security measures, we perform continuous scans to find viruses, malware, and malicious code on your websites. To this end, we use the high-quality Imunify360, which provides extensive scanning and cleaning services on storage servers and performs a variety of proactive actions to prevent the intrusion and distribution of malicious scripts on websites hosted by us. The system also prevents spam and maintains the IP reputation of the servers. In addition, the system detects outdated applications and plugins that pose a security risk.
Linux hosting information security services are provided for all types of hosting packages - shared hosting, reseller hosting, and of course virtual server hosting. If you have any questions on this topic, please contact us and we will be happy to help!