{"id":8764,"date":"2013-09-03T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=bffee3e2bcda463684ea44c6c2b37319"},"modified":"2013-09-03T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T17:35:00","slug":"syrian-electronic-army-reminds-us-of-importance-of-internet-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/syrian-electronic-army-reminds-us-of-importance-of-internet-security\/","title":{"rendered":"“Syrian Electronic Army” Reminds Us of Importance of Internet Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Elliot Curtis, Senior Director, Mass Market Hosting Sector, Parallels<\/em><\/p>\n

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The recent attack<\/a> by the “Syrian Electronic Army” on media outlets including the New York Times and Huffington Post websites are a renewed reminder of the challenges around internet security. While SMB websites are an unlikely target for organized hacking or distributed-denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks, these highly visible and widely reported security issues raise a <\/span>wareness and concerns for everyone. Most SMBs are exposed to risks from malicious viruses and hacks, as well as, problems caused by bot-nets or even simple content control.<\/p>\n

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Awareness of internet security continues to rise, but high-profile incidents like this presents a specific opportunity for Web Hosters and Service Providers to have a discussion with their customers about solutions to protect their Web presence and cloud applications. Parallels products and ecosystem of partners<\/a> enables a variety of security solutions including; hacking protection, anti-virus, anti-spam, email security, DDOS prevention, backup & disaster recovery. Our SMB Cloud InsightsTM<\/span><\/a> research shows that security solutions are the most popular and the fastest growing add-on to both Web Hosting and VPS core services, so every Web Hoster and Service Provider should have a security bundle as part of both their core offering and their up-sell strategy.<\/p>\n

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by Elliot Curtis, Senior Director, Mass Market Hosting Sector, Parallels
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