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Webservio Hosting Security Standards

Webservio engineers work hard to ensure our hosting solutions and data facilities provide our clients with secure and reliable service. To maintain the integrity of our facilities, IP addresses, and servers, we have minimum hosting standards that must be met for certain types of websites or web traffic. Please use the chart below to see if any of these may apply to your organization.

We've been in the hosting business for over 15 years and know the importance of protecting your company's liability by maintaining the security of customer information. If you have any questions or are uncertain if any of these attributes apply to your website, we are only a phone call away. A consultant would be happy to discuss the various options and help you find a solution that will suit your requirements. 

Website Attribute

Minimum Hosting Standard

Small website without a content management system (WordPress, Joomla, etc.) for personal use or a small organization, not business-critical. Does not have any area for users to submit personal information or log in.

Basic Shared Hosting

  • Firewall: none or shared
  • IDP: none
  • Traffic: shared server
  • SSL: optional

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Small to medium website that is business-critical

Premium Shared Hosting

  • Firewall: shared
  • IDP: shared
  • Traffic: shared VPS with shared subnet
  • SSL: optional

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Website uses a content management system (Wordpress, Joomla, etc.)
Website has a contact form or other area where users are submitting personal information.

Premium Shared Hosting

  • Firewall: shared
  • IDP: shared
  • Traffic: shared VPS with shared subnet
  • SSL: recommended

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Website has a login function for users to access a personal account.
Website has ecommerce features, but customers are sent to a totally separate website (ex: PayPal) to input payment information
Website uses 10GB of disk space or more

VPS

  • Firewall: shared
  • IDP: optional
  • Traffic: shared server
  • SSL: optional
Business-critical website with administrative functions accessible through a control panel (cPanel, Plesk, etc.)

VPS

  • Firewall: shared
  • IDP: shared
  • Traffic: shared subnet
  • SSL: optional
Credit card or other payment information entered on the website

VPS

  • Firewall: dedicated recommended
  • IDP: dedicated recommended
  • Traffic: private subnet
  • SSL: required