Marketing Agency Cyber Security: Protecting Client Sites At Scale Updated on December 16, 2025 by Sam Page Digital marketing moves fast, and that pace makes security easy to overlook. Yet every campaign relies on stable sites, intact analytics, and protected client data. A strong approach to cyber security in digital marketing helps agencies work confidently as they launch new campaigns, add integrations, and manage high-traffic moments. When security becomes part of your everyday workflow, you safeguard client trust and keep your marketing performance on track. When you manage multiple client sites as a marketing agency, you carry more security risk than a typical site owner. Campaign microsites, landing pages, lead-gen forms, and tracking scripts all expand your attack surface. Continue reading –>
Zero Trust Architecture: A Practical Guide for Hosted Environments and Growing Digital Teams Updated on December 8, 2025 by Derrell Zero Trust Architecture flips the old “trusted network” mindset on its head. Instead of assuming your hosting environment is safe, Zero Trust treats every user, device, plugin, API call, and service as untrusted until proven otherwise. When paired with strong hosting fundamentals it gives you a practical path to lock down WordPress, secure microservices, and protect tools like Discord without slowing down your site or frustrating your team. It’s a smarter, modern way to defend your business as it grows. Zero Trust Architecture is everywhere in security conversations today, yet it remains widely misunderstood. Cloud platforms advertise it, vendors claim to enable it, and tools label themselves Zero Trust-ready. But when teams try applying it to real environments like hosted websites or SaaS products, the details get confusing fast. Continue reading –>
Server Hardening: A Complete Framework Updated on November 17, 2025 by Jennifer Fan This guide explains how to apply effective server hardening techniques across different hosting environments. Learn the core practices, configurations, and tools used to secure servers against attacks, maintain uptime, and protect sensitive data. From firewalls and SSH policies to WordPress and control panel hardening, it outlines a practical framework for building and maintaining safer, more reliable infrastructure. When you build online, your server is your foundation. Everything depends on how secure that foundation is, your performance, reliability, and customer trust. According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, over 70% of breaches in hosting environments stem from misconfigurations or unpatched systems, issues that strong server hardening directly prevents. Continue reading –>
The AWS Outage Makes It Clear – Infrastructure Diversity Matters Updated on December 30, 2025 by Sam Page The October 2025 AWS Outage Should Be Your Wake-Up Call: Why Infrastructure Diversity Matters Early Monday morning, October 20th, the digital world held its breath. Amazon Web Services experienced a massive outage starting around 3:11 AM ET that brought down thousands of websites and applications for over six hours. Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Robinhood, and countless other platforms went dark. Airlines scrambled as their booking systems failed. Banks locked customers out of their accounts. Smart home devices stopped responding. Continue reading –>
Why You Need to Backup Your Website Updated on June 17, 2025 by Carrie Smaha Running a website comes with many responsibilities—but one of the most important is making sure your data is protected. Whether you’re a small business owner, a developer managing client sites, or a webmaster overseeing critical infrastructure, having a reliable website backup strategy can mean the difference between recovery and disaster. Continue reading –>
How to Protect VPS from DDoS Attacks Updated on December 30, 2025 by Jennifer Fan Protect VPS from DDoS attacks to keep your website secure, online, and trusted by customers. Your web hosting is the backbone of your business and digital presence. Unfortunately, if left unprotected, your “home on the internet” could be vulnerable to serious threats. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is one of the most disruptive. A DDoS attack attempts to prevent visitors from accessing your website, causing serious harm to your customer confidence, web reputation, and revenue. Continue reading –>
The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Website Security: Protect Your Site Like a Pro Updated on September 25, 2025 by Carrie Smaha With over 13,000 WordPress sites hacked daily, your business website faces unprecedented cyber threats. From AI-enhanced brute force attacks to supply chain vulnerabilities, hackers are evolving faster than ever. This comprehensive security guide reveals proven strategies used by InMotion Hosting to protect thousands of business websites since 2001. Learn essential security measures, compliance requirements, and recovery techniques to safeguard your WordPress site from malware, data breaches, and reputation damage that could cost your business everything. WordPress powers over 43% of all websites on the internet and holds a 62% share of the Content Management System (CMS) market, making it the most popular CMS. However, with more than 500 new WordPress sites launched daily, its widespread use makes it a prime target for cyber threats. WordPress website security issues, like malware, hacking, data breaches, and unauthorized access, damage a website owner’s business, reputation, and customer trust. Continue reading –>
Outdated Plugins: A Complete Guide to Securing and Updating Your WordPress Website Updated on September 25, 2025 by Jennifer Fan Contrary to widespread perceptions, 94% of detected WordPress vulnerabilities come from plugins, not from WordPress core itself. This is a wake-up call for many business owners. Your website might be at risk right now, and you may not even know. Continue reading –>
InMotion Hosting Elevates Server Security with Monarx Partnership Posted on November 18, 2024 by Jennifer Fan InMotion Hosting has partnered with Monarx, a leader in website and server security, which delivers robust, malware detection and protection modes to its VPS Hosting and Dedicated Server customers. This partnership enhances security by providing real-time threat detection and elimination. Continue reading –>
Safer Internet Day – Get Your Security Game In Order Updated on July 29, 2025 by InMotion Hosting The wonders of the Internet provide a myriad of opportunities, but also threats. Today is Safer Internet Day. But unlike other holidays, you don’t celebrate this one by taking a day off. A safer Internet means staying vigilant. Continue reading –>
WordPress Security Plugins: 9 Signs One is Great Updated on August 20, 2024 by InMotion Hosting There’s a plugin for all types of functions: WordPress security, search engine optimization (SEO), accessibility, expressing Phil Collins fandom, and even spawning unicorns. Sticking with website security, there are many attack vectors available to cyber criminals including: Continue reading –>
6 Internet Privacy Articles You Should Bookmark Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting Who controls your content and distribution? The answer must always be You.Click To Tweet These days it’s becoming increasingly difficult to know if you can trust big tech with your data and content. Say the wrong thing, upset Continue reading –>
8 Free Cybersecurity Tools To Secure Your Server Updated on January 23, 2024 by Guest Contributor One of the best ways to learn more about Linux security is to test your server with reputable cybersecurity tools. This makes you more invested in the results as you gain an unique perspective on your brand and personally identifiable information (PII). Continue reading –>
6 Ways to Learn More About Cyber Security Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting Since cyber attacks have become more frequent within recent years, a strong cybersecurity posture has become an important part of branding and marketing products. Cybersecurity isn’t as easy to ignore as user experience (UX) for ease of use or accessibility for disabled users. Reminders that cyber attacks are real, frequent, and devastating for all victims are constant, sometimes to a point where we’re desensitized to the subject. Continue reading –>
Is the WordPress XML-RPC file safe, or should I block it? Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting Many WordPress security experts insist upon disabling the WordPress XML-RPC file. Why? Safety Concerns The WordPress XML-RPC facilitates use of your website from outside of the WordPress Dashboard (or, the admin area). Continue reading –>
