{"id":146,"date":"2018-01-22T03:01:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T03:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/?p=146"},"modified":"2024-03-02T12:20:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T06:50:53","slug":"how-a-good-web-host-keeps-website-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/how-a-good-web-host-keeps-website-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"How A Good Web Host Keeps Your Website Secure"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479\" style=\"width: 3000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/how-a-good-web-host-keeps-website-secure\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-479 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/How-A-Good-Web-Host-Keeps-Your-Website-Secure.jpg\" alt=\"How A Good Web Host Keeps Your Website Secure\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/How-A-Good-Web-Host-Keeps-Your-Website-Secure.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/How-A-Good-Web-Host-Keeps-Your-Website-Secure-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/How-A-Good-Web-Host-Keeps-Your-Website-Secure-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/How-A-Good-Web-Host-Keeps-Your-Website-Secure-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How A Good Web Host Keeps Your Website Secure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Online security has become a serious issue in the news recently. Huge security breaches including Equifax, Deloitte, Whole Foods, Uber, eBay, and even the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission occurred in 2017. In the new year, it is important to consider how all websites can be more secure to avoid repeating the mistakes of 2017. After all, with these large hacks becoming commonplace, owners of websites big and small must begin to take security seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Some website owners may not realize that their web host can actually take steps on their end to help secure customers&#8217; websites. This is simply one more reason that choosing a reliable web host is key for all website owners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/how-a-good-web-host-keeps-website-secure\/#Proactive_nightly_malware_scans\" >Proactive nightly malware scans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/how-a-good-web-host-keeps-website-secure\/#Industry-leading_DDoS_protection\" >Industry-leading DDoS protection<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/how-a-good-web-host-keeps-website-secure\/#Multi-layered_spam_protection_with_SpamHaus\" >Multi-layered spam protection with SpamHaus\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/how-a-good-web-host-keeps-website-secure\/#Outgoing_spam_protection_with_SpamScan\" >Outgoing spam protection with SpamScan\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Proactive_nightly_malware_scans\"><\/span><strong>Proactive nightly malware scans<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Malware is known to infect outdated versions of content management systems like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and even other software including forums and e-commerce solutions. This malware can slow down your website, destroy your website, or even be the source of illegal activity. YourLastHost takes a proactive approach to malware detection with nightly malware scans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works:\u00a0<\/strong>Our malware scanner automatically inspects every file on our servers to ensure that there is no malware present. If it finds malware present, it automatically places the file in a quarantine zone and alerts our administrators. At this point, our administrators reach out to clients and offer to help clean up the website and provide further security instructions based on the specific situation.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Industry-leading_DDoS_protection\"><\/span><strong>Industry-leading DDoS protection<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>DDoS attacks are a common attack form where millions of requests are sent to a server in order to overwhelm the server, with the goal of bringing it offline. Often, these requests come from many different locations. YourLastHost&#8217;s systems are designed with DDoS protection in mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works:\u00a0<\/strong>All YourLastHost servers sit behind a 10+ GBPS DDoS filter. The DDoS filtering equipment finds patterns in requests and isolates the legitimate website requests from the malicious requests. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/\"><strong>YourLastHost<\/strong><\/a> has successfully kept websites online even after DDoS attacks as large as 500GBPS.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Multi-layered_spam_protection_with_SpamHaus\"><\/span><strong>Multi-layered spam protection with SpamHaus\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>No one likes to receive spam email messages. Unfortunately, spam messages account for 90% of all email traffic. YourLastHost targets spam at the source by using a two-stage filtering technique.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works:<\/strong> Emails with a sender that has been reported on a worldwide block list are automatically declined with a bounce message. Emails that are questionable have their contents automatically checked using a combination of bayesian filters and SpamHaus&#8217;s block lists. With this setup, we achieve a 299\/300 (over 99%) catch rate for stopping spam emails.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Outgoing_spam_protection_with_SpamScan\"><\/span><strong>Outgoing spam protection with SpamScan\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Nothing is more annoying than trying to send an email and it simply not delivering to your recipient. In shared and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/cpanel-whm-reseller-hosting.php\"><strong>reseller hosting<\/strong><\/a> environments, this is often due to another person on your server sending our spam and your server to be blocked due to the spam. YourLastHost targets outgoing spam by using several techniques.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works:\u00a0<\/strong>YourLastHost proactively monitors its servers&#8217; reputation to ensure that they are not blocked from over 250 recognized block lists. YourLastHost also monitors outgoing email quantities, email sending scripts, and sets limits to deter abuse.<\/p>\n<p>YourLastHost employs a myriad of tools to keep your website online and secure. While many website owners may not recognize what goes on behind the scenes, administrators at YourLastHost are working 24\/7 to ensure that clients receive the highest level of service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online security has become a serious issue in the news recently. 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