Is 2007 the start of a new era, where even the modest hosting company trumpets their impeccable security measures, or is it really more of the same – lots less action than marketing speak? More and more companies cite their security services as a selling point today. To hosts who want to serve the needs of their customers today and in the future, their charter for 2007 is clear: Security impels careful vigilance. Develop the best system today, leave it to rust and you'll find that scammers will certainly overwhelm it. As those who seek to defraud adapt, so too must the web host, and with it their procedures and plans. If you're a system administrator you already know that it's a bad month for PHP. This is scary because so many web hosts and resellers out there are putting servers online without any PHP hardening. The "default" is no longer good enough. If you are already aware of that, you are definitely deserving of much applause. If you're a customer looking for secure hosting, you might give Google a search right? Well this is another scary part. The first result for a "secure web host" returns this hosting plan, and I really don't see what is so secure about it. Plus how can something so secure be available to you within minutes? Most of the results are just like that one: murky and questionable. Now is the time to make sure your procedures are clear and become known as a host that is serious about security and not just talk. What are you doing exactly to prevent PHP exploits? PHP is the biggest problem for hosts right now, by far. In my next blog I'll tell you what I'm doing. More About Kayla
