WHM/cPanel

As server technology moves on and becomes more modern, the threats that face both Windows and Linux servers are becoming stronger meaning that they still pose a serious threat to even the most secure of web hosting servers. Many Linux based servers in the web hosting industry will be using the cPanel control panel so that clients of the web hosting providers concerned are able to manage their web hosting accounts, and so that the system administrators are able to manage the web hosting servers through a web browser. And as server technology moves forward and becomes cheaper, many users are upgrading their existing web hosting packages to VPS servers so that they can take advantage of the fact that they have their own resources; however, with this comes many users that are unable to secure their servers to such an extent that most attackers won’t be able to gain entry. Web hosting providers will in most cases offer you basic assistance when it comes to securing your server, but its the smaller things such as keeping your server software updated that can make a difference. However, whether you are good with managing servers or not there are still several different actions that you can take to ensure that your server is secure to an acceptable level.

The main steps that you will need to take to secure your cPanel VPS server to an acceptable level are really quite basic, and you may have software such as a firewall installed on your local desktop computer. If you are unsure as to any steps then your web hosting provider should have a support team that are able to install such security components for you. The main security components that you will be installing on your cPanel VPS will include:

* CSF Firewall
* RKHunter
* SIM (System Integrity Monitor)
* LES (Linux Environment Security).

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