It’s appalling. That’s the sentiment from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen about the leak of tens of thousands of Afghan war documents that are posted on WikiLeaks. Mullen said the military would do everything possible to avoid leaks like this in the future.
Server Security
Could the leak of 90,000 U.S. Army and Intelligence documents relating to the war in Afghanistan have been avoided in the first place? Although employees are often to blame for the most prominent security concerns facing businesses today, sometimes data leaks are initiated from the outside. Risk management is imperative for any company storing sensitive data on servers.
“Server security requires a layered approach,” said Octavio Diaz, Operations Manager at ServerPronto, a discount dedicated server company in Ft. Lauderdale. “It starts with your server provider, but there are also steps you can take to mitigate server data leak risks.”
ServerPronto offers server security with a managed firewall. This offering is an information security system that is constantly monitored and updated by the company’s computer analysts to abate and repel active threats and unwanted intrusion. ServerPronto also takes responsibility to ensure each dedicated server is patched and updated with current software from companies like Apache, ISC Bind, Sendmail, and Microsoft when the server is delivered to the customer.
Strong Passwords
On the low tech side, Diaz recommends practicing good password hygiene. Hackers love passwords that contain dictionary words because they are easy to crack. Strong passwords are at least eight characters long and use a strategic combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols.
“Security issues should be top of mind for any Web site owner. Ultimately a dedicated server is more secure than a shared server,” Diaz said. “And remember, the most secure dedicated server providers don’t maintain access themselves, ensuring that only you have root privileges. ServerPronto offers you reliable, secure and flexible dedicated server packages.”
ServerPronto offers affordable and secure dedicated servers and cloud hosting service packages.
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15 Comments
Dido all that. I leave with peace of mind of knowing that the manage firewall is protecting my server and only the port that I need are open.
I love this aspect from Serverpronto! I need absolutely no one to access my server unless I ask them to do so and provide the credentials. I am a well versed linux admin, so this is an ideal setup for me.
It’s great to see a company cares about their customers security, you don’t find that anywhere these days.
I’m glad ServerPronto offers such security options for its customers.
I am maintaining my business for more than four years, because I am receiving a quality service with ServerPronto. My servers are protected with the firewall service provided by ServerPronto
Aaron
I do not need any knowledge of firewall configuration, I only ask the ports necessary, and ready
Another reason I have to thank server pronto for always been ahead of everybody else.
Server security along with personal data is very important these days. Whether it’s someone trying to gain access to your server information OR dishonest company employees who have access to your personal and financial data, we put a lot of trust in one another in hopes this sort of information will be safeguarded. I have entrusted my server security and personal data to Serverpronto and it’s employees for the past 6 years, incident free. You guys do a tremendous job and have earned my trust. Thank you!
Boy am I glad I moved from my previous provider to you guys. Many thanks server pronto, many thanks!
To me security is a must and you guys are very good at it. Thank you for a service well provided. Thank you
I’m glad I chose ServerPronto to host my website. Security is really important for me and my clients. I intend to be reliable on this domain and ServerPronto really helps me to reach this goal efficiently.
Peace of mind is great to have. Been with you provide just what I needed. Thank you guys!
The great Ideas just keep on coming from you guys. Nice to be aboard your team. Gracias
Security to me is a must and yet again you have shown me that you care and in this case you care about something that is very important to me. Nice!
Many thanks for always keeping us in mind!
Security is what we all need…always!
and i can say that server pronto is like the FBI for servers,they definitely dont allow trash coming to the sever.
S.P you have my trust
Thank you very much for the best service ever.
Larry