In today’s digital landscape, data is the center of every business. Keeping your data secure and accessible isn’t just important, it’s essential. We’ve all heard those horror stories about system updates going haywire, causing massive disruptions and data loss. Take the recent Microsoft and CrowdStrike upgrade debacle. What should have been a routine security update ended up wreaking havoc—systems crashed and businesses faced unexpected downtime. It’s a stark reminder: always backup your data before rolling…

Understanding Ransomware: Why Hosting Companies Need a Robust Backup Plan Ransomware attacks are a growing threat to businesses and individuals alike. These malicious attacks encrypt data, rendering it inaccessible until a ransom is paid. With the rise of AI and decentralized cryptocurrencies, ransomware attacks have become easier to implement and harder to trace. For hosting companies, the stakes are even higher, as these attacks can affect multiple clients simultaneously, leading to data loss, financial damage,…

The privacy and security of client data should be the number one priority of every web hosting provider.  Protecting against lost, stolen, or corrupt data is typically accounted for in a company’s backup plan. However, there is another critical area to think about when it comes to your client’s data.   File and folder permissions are key in order to ensure the right users have the correct access to each file on the server.     Linux file…

We often talk about backups and how important they are. We have emphasized that it is vital to make sure that our data is safe and secured, available for immediate restoration and disaster recovery. We’ve covered the issue of the affordable JetBackup license pricing and it’s ease of use.   At this point I’d like to talk about something we all use daily – passwords. When people hear that I am from the hosting industry…