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From online stores to membership sites, secure web hosting is necessary for numerous types of online properties. Gone are the days when you could rely on chance to secure sensitive data and keep your websites safe from intrusions. In today’s hyper-connected world, you must proactively defend your virtual assets, just as you do to ensure the physical protection of your home or business.

When you go shopping for a secure web hosting solution, you will notice that service descriptions are packed with an abundance of technical terms and acronyms: SSL, SFTP, PCI DSS, IDS, continuous backup, Denial of Service … and the list goes on. While a basic hosting plan can be easily judged in terms of quality and quantity, with a secure web hosting service, you need to determine the importance of each of these terms and decide if you actually need it for your application. To help you make sense of it all, JaguarPC recently published a useful resource titled What Makes a Secure Web Host Secure.

The article reveals the most important features that should not be absent from any truly secure web hosting plan. From SSL encryption support to the presence of adequate security software, the article describes in a concise manner the top security-related features worth investing in.

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Web hosting security is a concept that is often misunderstood and neglected, especially by website owners who lack technological expertise. A surprisingly high percentage of website owners fail to acknowledge the importance of using a secure hosting solution, and even worse, many fail to apply the most basic precautionary measures, such using complex, non-default passwords or patching applications on a regular basis.

We say “surprisingly” because few of us leave our car unlocked overnight or neglect to install locks on our front door. So why do we leave our online properties, and sometimes our livelihoods, at the mercy of hackers and fraudsters?

Once you realize how important it is to protect your website and data, it’s time to take measures to protect your hosting infrastructure against attacks, intrusions, data theft, phishing, and spamming. As with anything, it’s easier to prevent problems than to repair them, so your best course of action in this case is to start right from the beginning with a secure web host. This way, you have the peace of mind that your websites are protected from day one. In addition, it’s much easier to create a secure web hosting environment when you first deploy or move your websites than it is to patch a vulnerability-ridden production web server.

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Every day, we become increasingly dependent on our technology. We rely on technology to connect with friends, collaborate at work, and relax in our leisure time. Internet access has become equivalent in importance with utilities like electric power and running water.

But the Internet differs from traditional utilities in one major way: with a minimum amount of resources and enough willpower, virtually anyone in the world can pull the plug on our online universe. From website takedowns to stolen confidential information, we are more vulnerable to virtual threats than we realize, and increasingly, the virtual attacks have palpable consequences in our real lives.

At JaguarPC, we know that it’s critical to ensure the uninterrupted protection of the web servers that host the online presence of thousands of customers. We provide top-notch defense mechanisms for every customer, regardless of the type of service purchased. Our secure hosting solutions are especially designed to withstand an incredible amount of hammering without failing. To this end, we employ only the best protection solutions, both online and off. Here’s how we do it.

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