How Secure Hosting Drives Small Business Growth

Small businesses are prime targets for cybercriminals, as, similarly to larger and more established businesses, they process customer data – but, due to their size, it is often assumed that they do not have the budget or capacity to invest in the same watertight security solutions.

In fact, back in 2021, an enormous 61% of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) found themselves the target of a cyber attack.

Startling statistics like this show just how important it is to ensure that your company’s online operations maintain the safety of customer data from the start of their journey with you right through to the end.

Sixon specialises in expert web and WordPress hosting, including the careful management of eCommerce processes. In this article, our specialists will explain managed WordPress hosting and the range of benefits of secure hosting for small business growth.

The importance of secure hosting

Secure web hosting is vital for any organisation that collects customer data. Its importance is even greater when a business processes sales and transactions through its own website.

By outsourcing hosting solutions and engaging experts to help manage the processes inherent in the successful running of their site, small businesses can free up time and resources to focus on other things.

However, secure managed hosting serves more than just this purpose. It’s also an excellent way to shore up customer data protection and protect against security threats, helping to prevent costly breaches while providing customers with peace of mind and a totally safe way to buy online.

Benefits for small businesses

The security features that are included in the hosting services offered by Sixon provide peace of mind and a sense of trust among customers, making conversion easier and improving the likelihood of returning customers.

Interestingly, web security is also a factor that affects search engine ranking. Search engine algorithms are more likely to rank your site further up the results if they are able to detect that it experiences little to no downtime, that it offers excellent load speeds and that its security features are up to scratch. Quality web hosting can offer this and more.

Of course, high levels of digital security also serve to protect your organisation itself. Should a breach or cyber attack take place, it can be very costly to resolve.

What’s more, if it is found that you did not have sufficient security measures in place at the time of the breach, you may face severe penalties.

All of the solutions provided by Sixon are scalable – meaning they will grow alongside your company.

Security features of managed WordPress hosting

Sixon’s hosting services include a range of features that support excellent levels of security and improved opportunities for small business growth. Here, we’ll explore just a few of them.

24/7 monitoring

Your site and its hosting network will be constantly monitored, which reduces the risk of bugs and outages, but also enables us to be vigilant towards any kind of threat in real time.

Access management and restriction

Our secure hosting services ensure that sensitive customer information and data cannot be viewed or utilised – unless by parties requiring that access in order to provide the service for which the customer has paid.

The careful management of user permissions and expert handling of restrictions make processes of this kind smooth and easy to maintain.

Backups

The loss of vital data can be disastrous to a business, so Sixon provides a secure backup service that protects that information in case of outages or cyber attacks.

Prevention of malware

Software that is designed with the illegal purpose of damaging or infecting digital systems, or of stealing a company’s data or that of your clients, remains a major threat to small businesses.

For this reason, Sixon’s secure hosting services feature malware prevention, detection and removal solutions to keep you and your customers safe. We are also able to protect against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks so that your site can stay up and running perfectly at all times.

What threats does managed hosting protect against?

As mentioned above, secure hosting services can provide protection against malware and DDoS attacks, as well as other methods of data theft and criminal activity such as:

• Repeated attempts to guess access information with the aim of stealing data
• Phishing schemes
• The insertion of malicious code (for example, cross-site scripting or SQL injection)
• Interception of communications that feature sensitive data (also known as Man in the Middle attacks)

How to arrange secure hosting for your site

After discovering the potential of secure hosting for small business growth, if you are concerned about the security of your existing site, or if you’re planning to launch a new web presence for your company, don’t hesitate to reach out to Sixon today.

Our experienced team can provide managed WordPress hosting solutions that keep all of your data – and that of your customers – safe and secure. We will be happy to talk you through your requirements and the options we have available to serve businesses just like yours.