ModSecurity is a plugin for Apache web servers that acts as a web app layer firewall. It is used to prevent attacks against script-driven sites by employing security rules that contain specific expressions. That way, the firewall can prevent hacking and spamming attempts and protect even websites that are not updated on a regular basis. For example, a number of unsuccessful login attempts to a script admin area or attempts to execute a particular file with the objective to get access to the script shall trigger particular rules, so ModSecurity will stop these activities the second it identifies them. The firewall is very efficient since it monitors the whole HTTP traffic to an Internet site in real time without slowing it down, so it could prevent an attack before any harm is done. It also keeps an incredibly thorough log of all attack attempts which features more information than standard Apache logs, so you can later examine the data and take further measures to boost the security of your Internet sites if needed.

ModSecurity in Cloud Website Hosting

ModSecurity is available on all cloud website hosting web servers, so when you opt to host your websites with our organization, they shall be protected against a wide range of attacks. The firewall is turned on by default for all domains and subdomains, so there will be nothing you will need to do on your end. You will be able to stop ModSecurity for any site if required, or to activate a detection mode, so all activity will be recorded, but the firewall will not take any real action. You will be able to view detailed logs via your Hepsia Control Panel including the IP where the attack originated from, what the attacker wanted to do and how ModSecurity addressed the threat. Since we take the security of our customers' Internet sites seriously, we employ a group of commercial rules that we take from one of the top companies which maintain this type of rules. Our administrators also include custom rules to ensure that your sites will be protected against as many threats as possible.