As we approach 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming both a powerful tool for defense and a significant challenge for security. It’s helping organizations analyze data faster than ever and uncover threats with greater accuracy. While the bad actors are wielding it to create smarter and sneakier threats that can slip past old-school defenses like they’re not even there. This dual role of AI is reshaping how we think about security, forcing both defenders and...

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...