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Hosting a website that can withstand various malicious attacks and unauthorised access is not an easy task. There are several approaches to mitigating digital threats and reducing your site's vulnerabilities. There is no one-fits-all solution however and the site's owners or administrators should plan for various contingencies well in advance, in lieu of their financial situation and technical expertise. This guide attempts to describe several scenarios and various approaches for secure hosting.
==Step1: What are you planning to host?==
*[[Website]] - standalone website, blog, forum
*[[Internet Server]] - mail server, VPN, proxy, VoIP server
*[[Web_application | Web Application]] - custom database, in-browser application
==Step 2: What are you planning to host?your hosting options==*[[Standard Website]] - standalone website, blog, forum*[[Internet Server]] - mail server, VPN, proxy*[[Content_Resource_Management(CRM) | Content Resource Management(CRM)]]*[[Web_application | Web Application]] ==What type of data Each category will you be storing?==*[[ Receive_Sensitive_Data | Receive sensitive submissions include details of data]]hosting options for additional reference we include here core hosting types and a methodology for choosing a hosting provider:*[[ Sensitive_Data Dedicated_Hosting_Option | Store sensitive dataDedicated Hosting]]*[[ User_Data Shared_Hosting_Option | Store private user dataShared Hosting]] - login credentials, user information*[[ Published_data Cloud_Hosting_Option | Publish information for consumption by the general public Cloud Hosting]]*[[ Data_Sensitivity Choosing_A_Host | Determining Data sensitivity typesChoosing a hosting provider]] ==What is your level of technical ability?== Throughout this guide we will use the following key to differentiate the difficulty level associated with each type of system setup. More technically complicated setups will require either permanent IT staff or access to an IT provider. The latter may be limited by an organisation financial resources. *'''High Technical''' - multiple experiences of server administration, can confidently install/update server software; apache, mysql mail server*'''Intermediate Technical''' - some experience of server administration, can install and manage software via guides, can use ssh and commandline interface*'''Basic Technical''' - no experience, can use software management interfaces such as CPanel ==Contingency Planning and Threat Mitigation==
==Step 3: Plan for contingency and threat mitigation==
For each form of system use relevant threats and strategies to mitigate them are include. These approaches are ordered in terms of technical ability requirements. The following topics are relevant to all setups:
*[[Secure_Communications | Secure communications]]
*[[Brute_Force_DDOS | Brute force and Denial of Service attacks]]
==Hosting OptionsStep 4: Decide on your level of technical expertise==Throughout this guide we will use the following key to differentiate the difficulty level associated with each type of system setup. More technically complicated setups will require either permanent IT staff or access to an IT provider. The latter may be limited by an organisation financial resources. *'''High Technical''' - multiple experiences of server administration, can confidently install/update server software; apache, mysql mail server*'''Intermediate Technical''' - some experience of server administration, can install and manage software via guides, can use ssh and commandline interface*'''Basic Technical''' - no experience, can use software management interfaces such as CPanel
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