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Dedicated servers differ from the standard home computer primarily by means of the operating system. Specialized versions of Windows, optimized for network operations, and UNIX are utilized by dedicated servers.

Whereas your home computer becomes a word processor, a video game system, a check book balancer, and so on, a dedicated server utilizes a minimal user interface, allowing the majority of its work to occur on the network. CPUs are similar, as are memory and storage systems; however servers tend to have vast amounts of each.

Why dedicate a server?

In the hosting market, it is not uncommon for a service provider to rent server space to dozens, if not more, accounts on the same dedicated servers. Depending on usage and number of requests, some accounts may suffer as the server reaches its limits.

Service providers also determine the hardware and software configuration of the machine. If you have requirements for some piece of software they have not installed, you may be out of luck. Dedicating a server puts you in control. From the hardware to the software, you choose the components that your server will employ.

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Tip #1 - Use All Spaces

No matter how many characters are available for your password you should be sure to use every one of them. The more characters available for your password and the more you use makes it that much harder to figure out the combination. Always make use of all characters available for a strong and secure password.

Tip #2 - Obscure not Obvious

Personal information such as names, birthdays, nicknames, pet’s names, social security numbers, and the like should never, ever, ever be used because these are way too obvious and too easy to crack. The more you avoid using things like this as your passwords, the more secure your login areas will be.

Tip #3 - Non-Alphabet

Never use just the alphabet to create your password. If you include numbers, hyphens, dashes, and other symbols or characters, you will have a more secure password which is increasingly harder to crack with every different symbol or number you add.

Tip #4 - Don’t Write Your Password

This tip you should already know, but once you have created your super secure password to protect your website, commit it to memory, never share it with anyone, and never, ever write it down. No matter how secure you think the location is, if you write the password down you are decreasing the security of your website.

Tip #5 - Case

Also, make sure you use upper case as well as lowercase in your password if the password is case sensitive. This will add even more variables to your password that will increase security.

Tip #6 - Create a Word

You do not have to use a word that already exists, you can actually create your own word with a mixture of numbers, cases, and symbols and before you know it you will have a secure password that nobody can crack!

Tip #7 - Multiple Passwords

As tempting as it might be to use only one password for all of your web sites logins you should never ever do this. To maintain security at all website logins you should create a special system for creating passwords on different sites and stick to that system. This way, you’ll always know the passwords but they will differ from site to site.

Tip #8 - Logout

Always logout! For some reason people think when they have finished their business they can just continue on about the Internet without logging out. This decreases your security level and if you are logged in anyone can access your account. Because of this you should always logout.

Tip #9 - Close the Browser

TO be even more sure that your password and personal information are protected you should always close your browser. This is the safest practice and one you should always engage in.

Tip #10 - Manage Your Passwords

If you have problems managing all of your passwords or remembering them, consider using a password manager. This will help you keep your login information safe and secure without having to remember all of the difficult passwords you created.

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Every company wants to keep tabs on their spending and keep their accounts in check, in order to keep their profits healthy. But there are some areas where is doesn’t pay to skimp on what you need.

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One of these areas is internet security. Hackers can strike at the very heart of your business if you let them, and you can be assured that if they do you will stand to lose far more business (and money) than you would by investing in the services of a company that can stay on top of your security issues for you.

It is important to bear in mind that you are buying far more than just a service, albeit a very comprehensive one. You are buying peace of mind, both for yourself and your clients, and as such it leaves you to get on with the business of taking care of them while more skilled professionals take care of your business’s weak spots.

But why are regular checks necessary, you may be asking yourself? Surely all you need to do is get a professional to determine the viability of your current situation and rectify any weaknesses that may be there?

That might seem to be a valid point, but the landscape of hacking is forever changing and while your business may be rock solid and secure today, things may be very different in even a month’s time. If a hacker finds that they cannot penetrate a system, you can bet they will do all they can to find a way around it. That’s why you need to engage the services of those professionals on a regular basis, to ensure you stay as fully up to date as possible and forever keep one step ahead of the hackers.

There is one other major skill you are paying for if you do decide to have regular checks performed on all aspects of your business infrastructure, and that is knowledge. However much you might think you know personally about the security of your systems, you won’t know as much as the professionals who engage in this kind of work day in, day out.

Furthermore the types of checks which can be performedwill test every area of your business to the fullest extent. Wouldn’t you rather have your security company call you to say they have successfully been able to hack into your systems, than find out that an unknown hacker has exploited the same weakness?

The money you will spend on a security company can obviously be written off against your business as well, reducing your liability for tax throughout the year. Whichever way you look at it you are getting excellent value for money.

Finally, the best part of having regular checks done is that you can tell your clients all about it. You don’t need to mention the company and you shouldn’t tell them exactly what is being done, but you can assure them that you are taking regular measures to ensure their details and security are always your number one priority.

Pure Hacking helps protect your Internet security by providing world-class penetration testing and ethical hacking risk management services. For a free consultation, please visit Penetration Testing.

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• Do not use the same sequence for all your usernames and passwords, as tempting as that may be. If this security-sensitive information were to end up in the wrong hands, it can cost you dearly. It is best to think up a different string of characters for each new web account.
• Do not use a password with all numbers or letters-mix them up.
• Do not use personal information, such as names, birth dates, etc., that is easy to find out about you by automated hacker programs or by someone who you think you can trust or has access to this information about you.
• Do not record usernames and passwords on your cell phone. People lose their cell phones pretty regularly. Think what a disaster this would be with all this data stored in it. People also purchase new phones because of features their old phone doesn’t have or because the old one breaks down or gets damaged. Either way, they have to re-enter all this information. It is tedious and time consuming to text such sequences accurately into a cell phone.
• Do not record your usernames and passwords in your computer. Some browsers may save them for you, and some websites have a “Remember Me” box, but if your computer crashes, it will have the same result as losing your cell phone–the data will be lost. Also, if you share your computer with others, they can easily delete this data.

The obvious solution is to write down all your various usernames and passwords in some type of notebook. There may be some risk involved in writing down this information, but the risk is minimal and less likely to occur than storing this data on your computer. I found keeping track of all my log-in data in a notebook was somewhat of a hassle too because I had to rewrite the words usernames, passwords, company name, etc. every time I opened a new web account. Even with using abbreviations it was time consuming. That is why I designed a handy book that alphabetically organizes all usernames, passwords and associated log-in data.

Carol van Krieken owned her own business and worked many years in banking and in real estate. She says her practical side is always seeking solutions to the little frustrations she encounters in daily living. That is how she came to design the book Usernames and Passwords at Hand. This is a practical book for organizing all security-sensitive log-in data for web accounts. For more information you may go to http://www.usernames-and-passwords-book.com

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It’s an alarming thought, but in truth a single hacker with the right knowledge could seriously damage your business to the point that you wouldn’t be able to function in any real way for several days, perhaps even longer.

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It’s clear that you have a responsibility to make sure your business is as safe as it possibly can be. In this sense the best stance to take is to assume that yes, a hacker could indeed bring down your whole business. Are you prepared to let that happen?

Of course not - and this is why you need to put in place adequate measures to protect yourself from attack by hackers with all kinds of motives for doing what they do.

If you still aren’t convinced it may pay you to do a little research on the consequences that hacking can bring. A famous example occurred some ten years ago to Pixar Animation. An email purporting to come from the CEO (but actually coming from the hacker who had managed to get into the system) was sent to every employee detailing exactly how much each of them got paid.

Now if this happened to your business, how would you deal with the fallout? It’s true that this kind of event does not have a direct effect on your clients, and if the hacker is just trying to prove a point and isn’t interested in having the personal information of your employees then their personal information is ’safe’ (if you can really call it that.)

But how do you think your employees would feel if they knew that confidential details about their employment had been made available to everyone else working for you? It’s clear that you would have some serious damage limitation to do, and the issue of trust that is gradually built up between a business and its employees would be blown out of the water by one single email.

Many people believe that all they need to do is ensure that their customers’ details are safe and their payment details (if the company processes transactions online) are not compromised, but the above example shows that just isn’t the case. Hackers are capable of bringing down your business in more ways than you might think; which is why getting outside help is very often a good idea.

So who should you turn to? In short, you need to focus on engaging the services of a trusted business with an excellent track record in providing internet security. This type of business has the wealth of knowledge and skills that you need to protect you against hackers of all types and descriptions, right around the clock.

There are plenty of companies around who have been built up by so called ‘ethical hackers’, who make a point of using their considerable skills to help other businesses rather than bring them down. They know exactly how to breach a system, and will try to break into yours for the purposes of plugging all the vulnerable spots they find.

There is a real market for these services now, and if you have a business yourself then you are definitely in that market.

Pure Hacking helps protect your Internet security by providing world-class penetration testing and ethical hacking risk management services. For a free consultation, please visit Penetration Testing.

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The most basic component of website security is SSL, Secure Sockets Layer technology. All web pages that transmit and receive credit card and other sensitive information should use SSL for website security.

his form of website security utilizes a system of invisible “encryption” that guarantees website security without any inconvenience to the communicating parties. SSL is an industry standard that provides website security to millions of websites.

Commonly, information is sent across the internet by passing it from one computer (also called “servers”) to another and website security is not a serious issue. However, because every bit of information on the internet travels through so many computers (servers) to reach its destination, website security IS an issue when sensitive information is passed.

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If you think back to the first time that you were offered a cookie from a web site, you may remember your surprise. You may have wondered what a cookie was and whether or not you should accept it. It was probably even more confusing since some web sites never ask if they can give you a cookie while others require your acceptance of cookies in order for you to get information, read articles or look through their products.

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