Why Do You Need Extra Security?

Website hosting is much like a computer.  It is supplied with software to run the programs you need but doesn't protect your computer from viruses, hacking or other intrusions.  If you want security to protect your computer it needs to be added and paid for separately, and it's the same for a website... sucks I know!

Your website hosting includes the actual hosting on the servers and if you're already hosted with us, it also includes us keeping the software updated for you. While this reduces the chances of your site getting attacked, it doesn't eliminate it - and as we go further down the technology road, the more dedicated and determined hackers become.

Added security not only helps to stop hackers from gaining access, but also stops them being able to attack with brute force - which effectively slows your website down to a crawl - which in turn affects your Google rankings.

There are also a number of regular tasks that should be carried out to keep your site healthy, not only for google and the other search engines - also for visitors to your website.

Things like:

• monitoring up-time (lets us know if your site is down for any reason),
• regular off-site backups (you can never have too many backups - and off-site is highly recommended),
• letting us know if files have changed when they shouldn't,
• tells us if any of your business details change on domain registration,
• monitors who is logging into our admin area,
• much much more.

Under Attack?

With our Platinum Care  Security Addon we will not only monitor and secure your website, but if it's under attack we will thoroughly scan and clean your site bringing it back to it's original shiny new condition!