Not all website hosting is created equal

Not All Website Hosting is Created Equal

What happens when your website gets hacked? Can your current website hosting provider get you back up and running as quickly as possible and with the minimum of fuss?

It’s been a while since I put my hands on the keyboard to write a blog, I always have good intentions of doing regular blog posts but due to the nature of our work and dealing with other people’s businesses on a day-to-day basis, it generally gets overlooked.

Anyway, a recent situation has put this back at the top of the priority list, so I’d like to share this cautionary tale with you.

One of our web clients has their WordPress website hosted…Elsewhere…and elsewhere had a problem.

What was the problem I hear you ask?

Well, their site had been subject to a hack and was dead. Not only that, but the hackers had also redirected the site to a malicious one, which had their customers clicked on it, then they would also be infected and consequently liable to being hacked.

We knew that our customer’s website was hosted by their IT company, so we immediately requested a backup of the site to restore it, but they didn’t have one, we asked what their backup regime was – and – they didn’t have one.

They had no backup and no backup routine in place, but the third-party website hosting didn’t have one either. The customer hadn’t bought backups with their package.

The reason for this was cheap website hosting with no guarantees.

Website hosting may appear the same on the surface but under the bonnet, not all things are created equal.

In this scenario, the customer website had no chance of being returned to its former glory and would have been dead forever. Also, the longer the site was down and re-directed to a malicious site, the harder it would be to recover from reputation damage.

So, what did we do?

First, we took a copy of the site from some weeks before and installed it on a laptop that wasn’t connected to the internet. Then, we ran a malware scan, isolated the cause of the infection, and removed it.

Then, we set up a website hosting account on our server and set about the migration process.

Following a successful migration, we installed some security software on the site, which, in conjunction with the security software on the server, offers greater overall security. It provides real-time alerts that notify us of attempted security breaches and a daily report of potential threats.

We also have a daily backup routine in place, which provides a full site backup, so if this happens again, we can be back up and running with a clean site sooner rather than later.

Keeping any website fully secure, with so many hackers trying to find loopholes in broken plugins and old and out-of-date sites.

One thing you can do today to help yourself is to check if your current website hosting provides the level of support you need to protect your website. With the ability to get it back up and running with minimal fuss, should the worst happen?

If you take anything from this, let it be this: Not All Website Hosting is Created Equal. Check your website hosting and its resilience and don’t let this happen to you.

For the record…

• All our servers come with built-in resilience.
• We won’t put a site or server out there without a backup strategy in play from Day 1.
• and the Return To Live won’t be 72 hours.

I hope you enjoyed todays blog post “Not All Website Hosting is Created Equal” and found the topic interesting.

If you liked it, please go and give it a like and share on our socials.

At 127 Media, we’re proud of our track record – backed by our five-star reviews on Facebook and Google. Our strength lies in delivering a personal service that fosters trust.

If you’re ready for a partnership built on dedication and results, call +44 01704 332127 or email info@127media.com.

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time.

Gary

Not all website hosting is created equal