FORT LAUDERDALE, FL--(Marketwire - July 30, 2010) -  It's appalling. That's the sentiment from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen about the leak of tens of thousands of Afghan war documents that are posted on WikiLeaks. Mullen said the military would do everything possible to avoid leaks like this in the future.

Could the leak of 90,000 U.S. Army and Intelligence documents relating to the war in Afghanistan have been avoided in the first place? Although employees are often to blame for the most prominent security concerns facing businesses today, sometimes data leaks are initiated from the outside. Risk management is imperative for any company storing sensitive data on servers.

"Server security requires a layered approach," said Octavio Diaz, Operations Manager at ServerPronto, a discount dedicated server company in Ft. Lauderdale. "It starts with your server provider, but there are also steps you can take to mitigate server data leak risks."

ServerPronto offers server security with a managed firewall. This offering is an information security system that is constantly monitored and updated by the company's computer analysts to abate and repel active threats and unwanted intrusion. ServerPronto also takes responsibility to ensure each dedicated server is patched and updated with current software from companies like Apache, ISC Bind, Sendmail, and Microsoft when the server is delivered to the customer.

On the low tech side, Diaz recommends practicing good password hygiene. Hackers love passwords that contain dictionary words because they are easy to crack. Strong passwords are at least eight characters long and use a strategic combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols.

"Security issues should be top of mind for any Web site owner. Ultimately a dedicated server is more secure than a shared server," Diaz said. "And remember, the most secure dedicated server providers don't maintain access themselves, ensuring that only you have root privileges. ServerPronto offers you reliable, secure and flexible dedicated server packages."

About ServerPronto
ServerPronto is part of the 'Pronto family' of companies with MailPronto, ColoPronto and CloudPronto which have been leading a low-cost revolution in the hosting industry since 2003. Following in those footsteps, ServerPronto is breaking the price barrier for dedicated hosting in secured and reinforced Data Centers with redundant power, lightning fast fiber connections, and 24X7X365 support from a staff with more than 10 years experience building and maintaining servers and computer networks. To learn more, visit http://www.serverpronto.com.

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