A guide to effective security strategies for Resellers Hosting

In order to reduce security threats to the bare minimum, an all-encompassing approach to security is essential. We, therefore, conduct thorough research into the threats to our system in order to formulate our security procedures. The reseller hosting industry comes in all shapes and sizes, from small web design and development companies to larger digital agencies. However, there is one thing all reseller hosting businesses have in common, which is a project-based income model that may be characterized as “spikey.”

Do not fall victim to a scam. Every hosting company, large or small, must comply with security requirements. The first step in preserving your internet brand is to educate yourself on the topic. We will discuss some best practices for website management operations, as well as some critical security features to look for in a potential hosting provider in this section.

Identifying security goals

Privacy: Only authorized users will have access to the information within our infrastructure and systems.

Integrity: Our infrastructure is designed to prevent unauthorized access to data, information, and other resources.

Data protection: The systems within the organization are designed to protect data from damage, deletion, and destruction.

Authentication and identification: Ensuring that users of the system are genuine and eliminating chances of fraud.

Network Service Protection: Provides protection for network equipment against malicious hacking attempts or attacks that could compromise the efficiency of the system.

Security features to look for in a web host include:

 1. Restore Points and Backups

Backups are frequently overlooked as a security measure. Backups provide and necessitate security. A secure backup serves as a trusted repository for the most recent copies of the system and data, which may be used to restore a known, clean system to function. It is critical to inquire about a hosting company’s backup and restore policies. If your hosting provider offers a premium backup plan, it is always a good idea to use it.

 2. Turn on Two-Factor Authentication.

Two-factor authentication (2FA), also known as two-step verification or dual-factor authentication, is a security process in which the user provides two different authentication factors to verify themselves to better protect both the user’s credentials and the resources to which the user has access.

Two-factor authentication significantly reduces the likelihood of a hacker getting access to your customers’ sites or your server via phishing scams or other ways.

 3. Provide SSL Certificates

There was a time when providing SSL certificates to all of your customers would have been prohibitively expensive. However, thanks to the non-profit Internet Security Research Group’s open certificate authority, Let’s Encrypt, hosting resellers can now provide free SSL certificates to all of their customers. Furthermore, thanks to tools like cPanel’s AutoSSL, issuing and installing these certificates has never been easier.

Offering SSL to your clients is a wise decision for various reasons. You also benefit from better SEO rankings and conversion rates for your clients’ websites, which can only help enhance customer happiness and retention.

 4. Turn on ModSecurity

ModSecurity is an open-source web application firewall that is compatible with the majority of web servers, including Apache, Nginx, and IIS. It defends websites against various threats, including cross-site scripting, malicious user agents, SQL injection, trojans, session hijacking, and other typical exploits. It is simple to manage via cPanel >> Modsecurity >> ON/OFF.

 5. Consistently update software

Patching software components such as your operating system, control panel, database, CMS, and plugins on a regular basis is critical to lowering the danger of a security breach harming your consumers.

The most recent versions have been patched to close all known security flaws. Change any default settings that someone can find and exploit to a break-in, such as the admin login name. It is an excellent idea to preserve fresh copies of the install files if you have custom themes, plugins, or similar applications. If they have malfunctioned or been compromised, the backup will have a record of the problem. The installation files ensure that you can revert to a pristine working copy.

 6. Security Checks

It is preferable if you understand the safeguards your hosting company will take and what you must do on your own to protect your website. For example, does the support team do scans on the files in your account, and do you have access to the results? Does the bundled support plan assist in discovering and removing malware if your account becomes infected? Starting with step 6, the server security methods we discuss will go a long way toward preventing malware off your website.

An increasing number of security scanning technologies are available to assist reseller hostings in identifying security flaws.

Sucuri provides a free tool for scanning your customers’ websites for malware, blocklisting status, website issues, and out-of-date software. They also give premium monthly subscriptions that automatically monitor your clients’ websites for security weaknesses, remove malware, provide DDoS and brute force protection, and remove blocklists.

7. Make CDN available to all of your customers.

CDNs are an excellent way to offload requests from your server to that of a CDN provider, thereby reducing attack vectors on your system. CDNs were once prohibitively expensive, but many CDN providers, such as Cloudflare, now provide free levels of service that incorporate essential DDoS mitigation, further strengthening the security of your customers’ websites.

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