Our Security

How Web Hosting Services protects your websites — intrusion detection, anti-spam, antivirus, exploit scanning, and round-the-clock monitoring.

Your website’s defence strategy includes:

  • Intrusion Detection and Prevention system
  • Anti-spam filtering
  • Antivirus and Spyware protection
  • CXS Exploit Scanner — blocks malicious FTP and web-uploaded scripts before they can cause damage
  • Nightly cross-Tasman backup replication — your data is stored in New Zealand every single night

These and more prevent blended attacks of any sort towards your websites.

Why We Run DirectAdmin, Not cPanel

Control panel choice isn’t just a preference — it’s a security decision. cPanel is the most widely deployed hosting control panel in the world, which makes it the most widely targeted. Its large codebase and attack surface have produced a steady stream of critical vulnerabilities over the years. We run DirectAdmin instead: a leaner, purpose-built panel with a significantly smaller footprint and a much cleaner security record. When a major cPanel exploit hits the industry, our customers simply aren’t affected.

Your Data Is in New Zealand Every Morning

Our nightly cross-Tasman replication puts a full copy of your hosting data on NZ-resident storage before you start your working day. This isn’t just a backup — it’s a deliberate disaster recovery strategy. If our Sydney infrastructure ever becomes unreachable, your data is already on NZ soil and recoverable without depending on international links. Most hosting providers have never thought this through. We have.

We care about your website!

At Web Hosting Services we care for the well-being of your website/s and security just as much as you do.

We understand that you have invested financially into web hosting for the growth and development of your website/business, and we therefore take every possible opportunity to ensure that it is successful.

We do this by fulfilling the support guarantees, having compassion with clients’ problems, and delivering high-level support when it is needed most. It is our job to concentrate on delivering the best web hosting service — just like you do for your own website/business — and this is a responsibility we take seriously.

For more information on any of our services, please feel free to contact us.

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