Every day tens of thousands of websites are hacked. Attackers target consumer websites using massive network scans which can identify security vulnerabilities in your server configuration or your website software. Hackers use hijacked websites and servers as part of large mercenary “botnets”.

The majority of compromised systems are attacked using exploits that have been known about for months. Deploying security patches to your systems and applications on a daily basis is the best way to prevent successful attacks.

The most important tool to prevent the loss of data in case of hackers or systems failure is a regular backup schedule. Not only will this protect you in case a security update causes problems, but you will be able to recover from attacks or hardware failure as well.