It’s appalling. That’s the sentiment from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen about the leak of tens of thousands of Afghan war documents that are posted on WikiLeaks. Mullen said the military would do everything possible to avoid leaks like this in the future.<\/p>\n
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Could the leak of 90,000 U.S. Army and Intelligence documents relating to the war in Afghanistan have been avoided in the first place? Although employees are often to blame for the most prominent security concerns facing businesses today, sometimes data leaks are initiated from the outside. Risk management is imperative for any company storing sensitive data on servers.<\/p>\n
“Server security requires a layered approach,” said Octavio Diaz, Operations Manager at ServerPronto, a discount dedicated server company in Ft. Lauderdale. “It starts with your server provider, but there are also steps you can take to mitigate server data leak risks.”<\/p>\n
ServerPronto offers server security<\/a> with a managed firewall. This offering is an information security system that is constantly monitored and updated by the company’s computer analysts to abate and repel active threats and unwanted intrusion. ServerPronto also takes responsibility to ensure each dedicated server<\/a> is patched and updated with current software from companies like Apache, ISC Bind, Sendmail, and Microsoft when the server is delivered to the customer.<\/p>\n On the low tech side, Diaz recommends practicing good password hygiene. Hackers love passwords that contain dictionary words because they are easy to crack. Strong passwords are at least eight characters long and use a strategic combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols.<\/p>\n “Security issues should be top of mind for any Web site owner. Ultimately a dedicated server is more secure than a shared server,” Diaz said. “And remember, the most secure dedicated server<\/a> providers don’t maintain access themselves, ensuring that only you have root privileges. ServerPronto offers you reliable, secure and flexible dedicated server packages.”<\/p>\n ServerPronto offers affordable and secure dedicated servers<\/a> and cloud<\/a> hosting service\u00c2\u00a0packages.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nStrong Passwords<\/h2>\n