We have recently had some complaints on forums about web hosts placing some restrictions on hosting accounts due mainly to complaints about websites creating load issues, spamming and malware issues.

These three had been the cardinal issues affecting all websites, irrespective of the hosting plan - shared, reseller, VPS, or dedicated servers. But some website account holders tend to blame their web hosts and will raise issues of website security when their websites are suspended either for running a malware or running high load or is being exploited and automatically is sending out spam mails.

There are ways to deal with all these. But let us first consider who should take the blame for website security.
Generally speaking, website security should be the responsibility of the website owner. It will however be a major responsibility for both the server manager to protect against attacks like a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack and other server security issue. In any case, website owners should tae responsibility to protect their sites. On a general note, most server managers also have an in-house DDOS security team and other security experts in-house and the most complaints we have received are related to a particular websites and not a general problem affecting every server user.

What should you do to protect your website?

Read full blog post at: https://www.todhost.com/blog/website-security-guide-for-shared-hosting-accounts.html