No one is immune from security threats. Some banks have reported being probed 50 times per day. Even if you are not storing personal information about your clients on your web site, web security is still very important. At Really Fine Web Design, we pay special attention to security issues in order to protect every client's web site that we host, for these reasons:

• Recovering from an attack takes time, and time costs money (yours and mine!).
• Your clients trust you, and if your web site is a vital part of your business model, a defaced and/or broken web sites can affect that client trust.

How can the web server be protected from attack? Just like any defense, the best defense includes multiple layers of defense:

• Protecting the server
• Surveillance to catch any problems quickly
• Offensive action again real threats and attacks

Hosting with a company that focuses on web security is a first step.  My server is maintained by engineers who make web security a top priority. We take steps to minimize the risk of malicious attack, to include applying security patches as soon as they are available and designing web sites with security as a top focus.