Understanding Permissions
The privacy and security of client data should be the number one priority of every web hosting provider. Protecting against lost, stolen, or corrupt data is typically accounted for in a company’s backup plan. However, there is another critical area to think about when it comes to your client’s data. File and folder permissions are key in order to ensure the right users have the correct access to each file on the server. Linux file…
The Hidden GDPR Compliance Nightmare
For most companies, becoming GDPR compliant was a difficult task to accomplish. In the web hosting industry, when you factor in how much data a hosting provider stores in multiple data centers and for clients all over the world, the road to GDPR compliance can seem insurmountable. Our clients tell us, the leading issue most hosting companies run into in terms of becoming GDPR compliant is how they deal with their client’s account backups. To…
GDPR Compliance Process [Revised May 23rd, 2018]
The much awaited “GDPR” (General Data Protection Regulation) unveiled by the European Union will come into effect on May 25th, 2018. JetApps has been hard at work implementing this process of data privacy and the “right to be forgotten”. We are happy to announce that JetApps is now fully GDPR complaint. We are also committed to helping clients bring their businesses to full compliance as quickly as possible. GDPR Key Terms In order to better…
Passwords That Last
We often talk about backups and how important they are. We have emphasized that it is vital to make sure that our data is safe and secured, available for immediate restoration and disaster recovery. We’ve covered the issue of the affordable JetBackup license pricing and it’s ease of use. At this point I’d like to talk about something we all use daily – passwords. When people hear that I am from the hosting industry…
A Backup Tale
Once upon a time there was a really important server which hosted a really important website. This website served a lot of people and they loved it. The website’s owners invested lots of time, effort and finances, and employed lots of talented guys and gals to develop, design, edit and maintain it. One day, a vicious hacker attacked the server, found a security hole and was able to totally destroy the beloved website hosted…