Security

Hackers that don’t give up:

You probably think of hackers as being someone sat at a desk. Well, they could be, but more often it’s an army of internet robots that go from one website to another and systematically try out ALL known issues and weaknesses.
They do not get tired or fed up, they just keep trying!

• With our websites you will get a SSL secure connection to your administration area
• The administration area has two types of secure password protection
• The file that holds things like sensitive database connection passwords, is moved away from the browser level, etc, etc.

We can’t tell you anymore, that would be a breach of security!

Extra security features are included in the website design:

Without the correct security measures, dynamic web pages are VERY vulnerable to hackers. Even static pages – also known as ‘flat pages’ – are vulnerable to attack via web forms, blogs, forums, etc.

Recently there has been a big increase in “spam injection” attacks on websites that use poorly written scripts to power their web forms. Spammers are able to take over the site and use it to send thousands and thousands of emails. The blame will be laid upon that site and they will be blacklisted and it may end in the website being shut down.

Even large professional web design companies have been known to use scripts with security gaps in them.

Here is a scenario that is repeated far too many times:

Someone decides to create a website and chooses a popular web publishing platform.
In spite of the hype that they will be up and running within a few minutes, it actually takes several weeks to learn the basics, and then there’s the really painful time of trying out lots of different plugins to increase versatility, but many just don’t perform as expected.
They have now learnt how to insert images, Flash movies, text, menus, and add new pages.
They are now feeling very pleased with the end result and suddenly, when they go to update their site, it has all been changed – perhaps it has now got an obscene front page. What has happened?
In their eagerness to learn all the new things, they have forgotten to look at the site’s security. Now, it is going to take weeks to straighten out the website……

Surely this scenario is rare?

Unfortunately it is all too common.
If the website is visible to Google and other search engines, then it will be a target for the hackers – or Crackers as they are sometimes called. There are internet robots that constantly try to gain an entrance to vulnerable websites. They try every known vulnerability, they test for the smallest opening, and they never give up or get tired!

It is not an option to have good security on your website, it is an absolute must!

With our websites you will get a SSL secure connection to your administration area.
The administration area has two ‘locked doors’ to get through – that is, two different types of secure password protection.
The file that holds things like sensitive database connection passwords, is moved away from the browser level, etc, etc.

Secure web hosting:

Many hosting companies offer unlimited bandwidth at tiny prices in order to attract customers. This relies on the assumption that most people won’t use all of the bandwidth they are offered. If they do, however, it adversely affects the speed and performance of every site on the server, including yours.
The hosting company that we use only invests in cutting-edge enterprise grade hardware: Hewlett Packard (HP) and SuperMicro servers house 8-Core CPU’s and 4-8Gb RAM with RAID5 and CDP as standard.
They own, maintain and manage all of their hardware which is housed on a lightning fast network in London. They have invested in high quality hardware, they monitor server performance closely, and keep a low number of customers on each server to provide consistently outstanding performance.
Their expert systems administrators and technical staff handle any issue or question you may have within an average of 30 minutes, 24 hours a day. You will always deal directly with an expert because they do not employ ‘Tier 1′ support staff.
They have won many industry awards for their reliability, service levels and 99.9% uptime guarantee.
Their nativeneutral carbon offsetting policy enables them to offer you responsible, environmentally friendly hosting- plus they absorb all of the costs so it doesn’t cost you a penny to be ‘green’!
They were established in 2001, they are a private registered UK company with robust year on year growth and are 100% debt-free. They host over 6,000 domains for a whole spectrum of users – from businesses, universities and top 3 political parties, to hobbyists, celebrities, TV channels and major e-commerce stores.

Never use free web hosting – the risks are too great.

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