No matter what hosting company you decide to put your trust and money into, no hosting service is completely infallible. This means that no hosting company known can guarantee 100% server “up” time while at the same time they cannot guarantee that their security measures and features cannot be broken. If they guarantee this 100% of the time, you should check into another hosting company. However, BlueHost can guarantee a very high rate of server “up” time as well as the guarantee that the highest security measures possible are taken to protect you and your business at all times. When it comes to the security of your hosted site, BlueHost security is trustworthy and reliable.
BlueHost takes security very serious, and it should. With today’s heightened DNS server attacks, hackers getting into the seemingly most secure sites, and the increased threat of identity theft, BlueHost takes every measure to make sure that all hosted websites are protected as much as possible. Additionally, BlueHost takes every measure to protect sensitive customer information within its own system as well. Because many individuals and businesses are hosting their websites with BlueHost, they have a significant amount of personal information within the BlueHost system including credit card numbers, passwords, business data, and other personal information.
The way that BlueHost protects all of your personal information is through an SSL secure server. You may be wondering what an SSL secure server is; SSL means “secure socket layer”. The secure socket layer is a technique used by webmasters to encrypt important and private information on any given server. You may be aware of an SSL secure server and not even know it. Each time you are required to use a password to log into a website, use a form to apply for information, or to even check out during online shopping sessions, you are most likely using an SSL secure server. This type of protection inhibits any third parties from intercepting your personal and private information when they should not.
BlueHost offers SSL secure servers for its clients’ hosted sites as well as on their own system. However, BlueHost also offers SSH, or secure shell server, as well. SSH is actually a network protocol that allows information and data to be transferred or exchanged over secure channels. This usually takes place between two computers and involved encryption to protect the integrity of the information being exchanged. Typically, just like with SSL secure servers, authentication is required such as passwords, user names, and other key information.
Internet security is a crucial part of any website or business associated with a website, and BlueHost is very much aware of this fact. This is why BlueHost not only implements and practices the most highly evolved forms of Internet security, but also offers it to the clients who choose BlueHost as their hosting company of choice. BlueHost offers SSL and SSH secure servers as well as secure file transfer services and many other ways to protect your website, your clients, and your private information.
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