Hosting
A good website can be made great, with good hosting. The speed of the website, it’s protection… all lies on where and how it is hosted.
What do we mean by secure and good Hosting?
A website’s hosting determines how it is going to perform . A good website can be made great when it is hosted right.
From the location of the servers to the protection of the server, there are a lot of factors that you need to consider when hosting a website.
We ensure that you have the peace of mind you deserve, by providing a robust hosting solution.
What makes us so good :
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Server configurations
The configurations on our servers leave no scope for security compromises.
We take into account the scalability and portability of the website, so that it can easily manage the growth in complexity of the website.
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Protection against any web attacks known to the web world.
These include protection against DDOS Attacks, Malware, Spam, other Hack Tools, Conditional redirects and E-commerce Malware.
We have the right firewalls in place
We have the whole data backed up on a regular basis and this does not come with an extra charge.
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Employing multiple cloud servers
Our aim is to ensure that you and your site are protected and function with minimum or no downtime.
We have allowed ourselves a very narrow margin for error and disasters; hence guarantee an uptime of 99.9%. We think that’s pretty good one and as for force majeure, we can’t control that 🙂
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Keeping our software and plugins up to date
We perform routine checks to ensure all software & security patches are up-to-date.
Keeping your website running smoothly and safely. Removing the stress for you.
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Our servers are UK based
This is of great importance because a lot depends on the servers hosting location.
The main ones include data speeds and latency, SEO benefits, Data Protection laws
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24/7 reliable tech support
We offer 24/7 technical support via the following channels: email and chat.
We have a knowledgeable support team at your service at all times for inquiries and emergencies.
FAQ
What is a DDOS Attack?
DDOS stands for Distributed denial-of-service. These are cyber-attacks that target servers, websites, online services and networks, by flooding them with so much internet traffic that they are rendered inoperable. The idea is to overwhelm the server with more traffic than it can accommodate. This traffic is generated form different compromised devices.
Any web server has a limit to the number of requests it can accommodate simultaneously. Similarly the medium that connects the server and the internet also has a definable bandwidth. Hence, when the number of requests exceed the capacity of this infrastructure, it is bound to fail by either being unresponsive to the users or the service being slower than normal.
What is the purpose of these attacks?
Just like any other cyber attack, the purpose behind DDOS could be anything depending on the mindset and motivation of the attackers.
The attack could be by bored teenagers doing it for an adrenaline rush; it could be with an intent of extortion; it could by businesses in order to cut the competition or simply because someone decides they do not like the content on your site and do not agree with your ideology.
How to protect your site against DDOS attacks?
- By using anti-DDOS services: These help is identifying spikes on the traffic and DDOS attacks.
- By analysing and monitoring the abnormalities in traffic. Keeping an eye for abnormal traffic surges, suspicious IP’s and locations.
- Configuring Firewalls and routers: Keeping the routers and firewalls up to date with the latest security tools is critical. These can be configured to reject suspicious traffic.
We put in place on all our servers DDOS protection, through traffic filtering systems and firewalls, again another way we relieve the stress for you.
What is Malware?
Malware, as the name suggests is malicious software; developed with an intent of doing malicious activities on a website. These take advantage of the poor security and known vulnerabilities of software.
The purpose of malware injections could vary from the intent of gaining bragging rights to stealing information or money. In addition to these threats, your site could end up being removed from Google’s search results.
Some common types of website malware are:
SEO SPAM: This involves injecting SEO keywords, spam links, ads on a competitors site, with the purpose of bringing down the SEO ranking of the compromised website, and thus of increasing their own website’s rank.
Ransomware attack: In this, the hackers encrypt your website files, rendering them inaccessible, and then demand payment to restore access. Unfortunately, there’s no assurance that your files will be recovered, and even if they are, they’ll most likely be irreparably damaged. Regular site backups can aid in the recovery of files in the event of a ransomware attack.
Viruses : A computer virus is a harmful code or programme that disrupts the operation of a computer or website. It can quickly spread to other computers, including those of your website’s visitors, once it has been executed.
Viruses can affect you in a variety of ways, including monitoring your keystrokes, stealing sensitive data, and damaging computer files.
Phishing: These attacks are done by tricking users to give out personal or sensitive information. This happens when an attacker is disguised to be someone else to gain information. They successfully replicate webpages like login, landing pages or webmail portals and thus extract information.
Conditional redirects: This involves adding malicious code to a website that redirects certain users to another website. This is done with a purpose to redirect a user to a malicious domain that could be setup for phising.
How to protect yourself from Malware?
To defend a site from these distinct types of malware, website owners should make it a practice to adopt proactive cybersecurity solutions, such as daily malware scanning and a web application firewall (WAF) to protect the site.
What is a Web Application Firewall?
Web Application Firewall (WAF), filters and monitors HTTP traffic between a web application and the Internet. It helps by protecting it against vulnerabilities in the application by filtering out malicious traffic. It usually defends online applications against threats including cross-site forgery, cross-site scripting (XSS), file inclusion, and SQL injection.
It acts as a barrier between a web application and the Internet when it is deployed in between them.
It is a type of reverse-proxy that protects the server from exposure by having clients pass through the it before reaching the server.