| Whether you have to publish your small business | | | | If you're in need of SSL encryption, be sure to ask |
| website or your fantasy soccer forum online you | | | | your candidate secure hosting company if they |
| need to make sure that hackers can't harm your | | | | include it in the package or it must be purchased |
| work and value in terms of time and money you | | | | separately. Most of the hosting companies advertise |
| committed to it. | | | | SSL as included in the package but what they mean |
| While you are concerned about making sure that all | | | | is : SSL ready. That is you can purchase it afterwards |
| your dynamic web pages are safe you have to put | | | | with a price ranging from $30 to $45 per certificate |
| the same efforts into picking a secure web hosting | | | | + $30 for a dedicated ip address, required for the |
| company that has to enforce a secure environment | | | | SSL to be enabled. |
| in which to host your website for the time being. | | | | Denial of service is the type of attack that hackers |
| If you're not as skilled to go for a dedicated server | | | | use to make your website unavailable to your |
| or your budget is tight, you will have to rely upon | | | | visitors. This will result in money and business loss, |
| shared web hosting services that provide good | | | | above all if your website is meant to do business |
| features at a low cost. But are they secure? | | | | online. You will want to make sure that your secure |
| In order to be a secure web hosting, the plan has to | | | | hosting will list an Anti-Dos solution in their features |
| include SSL, AntiSpam, Antivirus solution, Anti-Denial | | | | list.cPanel and Plesk are recognized as two very |
| of service, a secure hosting control panel and an | | | | secure hosting control panels. The control panel is the |
| excellent support team ready to help you quickly and | | | | administration website, serviced by the hosting |
| professionally when you will need it. | | | | company, from which you will manage your domains, |
| SSL,SSH, Secure FTP and secure POP3 are four | | | | emails, billing and configuration in general. Not all the |
| necessary features that will let you manage your | | | | hosting companies use cPanel or Plesk. So make sure |
| website without exposing confidential data | | | | you pick one that does. |
| (passwords, emails, configurations) while working on | | | | AntiSpam and Antivirus solutions are a must |
| your website. All the 4 above enable encryption | | | | nowadays. Spam is every where and you don't want |
| between your home computer and your web site | | | | to waste most of your time removing junk emails. |
| while transferring files, checking your inbox and | | | | Antivirus makes sure that no known malicious |
| browsing your website. | | | | software is being loaded on your web space. |
| Secure POP3 will allow you to download your email | | | | To conclude, a secure hosting company must give |
| using your favourite mail client (like Outlook) even in | | | | you the right tools and a safe environment in which |
| public internet hot spot. It makes sure that your | | | | you will be able to grow a safer and a more |
| connection will be encrypted so that your password | | | | prosperous business online. |
| and emails will be safe from hackers around you. | | | | |