A Beginner’s Guide to cPanel Security Settings
In order to secure a steady development for your website, you should make sure it is being run in a secure environment. Even though beginner’s sites are not as tempting a target as some well-developed eCommerce pages, these database attacks can happen to anyone, even you.
Today, as the frequency and the severity of cyber breaches continue to rise practically on a daily basis, the expenses of properly managing potential cyber damage also tend to increase. The PwC survey indicates that the estimated global loss caused by the attacks grew by a staggering 34% during last year. Taking into account these insights, one should definitely make sure their page is well secured. Let’s go over some of the basics when it comes to this sensitive issue of web hosting security.
Strong and Secure Password
First things first. Your password simply has to be strong, so if you are having doubts about the strength of your current one, you should probably change it and update to a stronger one. You can use the password generator function in cPanel if you are having hard time determining the strength level, and the password generator will give you some useful suggestions. Remember, there is no such thing as a too strong password, so let your imagination have some fun.
Make sure you define different passwords in order to avoid the default password configuration as it uses the same user ID and password for a user account, FTP account, etc. Go to “Tweak Settings” in “Server Configuration” and enable SSL for access to cPanel in order to avoid any possible prying into your password. Also, make sure each user configures their own strong password so any hacking of user-level accounts is prevented.
Anonymous FTP Access
It is a good idea to disable anonymous FTP access so hackers won’t have gain access to your account by simply uploading content to your page. By doing this, alongside specifying SSL for access, you are significantly lowering the chance of cyber breaches. Just go to “FTP Server Configuration,” then “Service Configuration” and set “Allow Anonymous Logins” to no.
Always Use Protection
Don’t tempt your fate and make sure you have your firewall protection and anti-virus on at all times. CSF, or ConfigServer Security and Firewall, is a useful and effective firewall application for cPanel servers, and it has another great feature via which it insightfully gives recommendations about how to increase your security. As far as anti-virus software is concerned, ClamAV is a nice plug-in for cPanel servers which does the trick quite efficiently.
cPanel Updates
Always make sure you get the latest cPanel updates. By using the most recent version of cPanel, you benefit significantly from all the new features, fixes and security enhancements. When you use the most recent version of cPanel, you benefit from all of the fixes and enhancements for security. Keeping your software up to date is rater easy with cPanel, as you only need to go to the “Upgrade to Latest Version” option on its home page, and cPanel makes the upgrade possible. You can also turn on the auto update of the server and it will keep you up to date on daily basis.
