CYBERPROTECTION FOR SERVERS

    VIRUS PROTECTION FOR YOUR SERVERS

    Protection against cyber attacks is one of the most important aspects in IT. Over the years, more and more companies have made a shift to digitalised business processes. As a result, business workflows and therefore data are shifting into the virtual space and are susceptible to cyber attacks and vulnerabilities in IT systems. To counteract this danger, effective protection of the IT infrastructure and a cyberprotection plan are necessary. Nowadays, cyberprotection no longer means the simple use of an antivirus programme for a workstation in the company or at home. For effective protection of the server infrastructure, we need not only an antivirus programme for servers, but also the possibility to detect and evaluate the attacks and to protect important data on the server. Many statistics show that the number of cyber attacks has risen and will continue to rise. Accordingly, the topic of server cyber protection is becoming increasingly relevant for many companies, and in some cases even necessary for their existence.

    Cybercrime


    Cybercrime affects many companies and attacks are increasing every year. Damages in the twelve-digit range are caused and livelihoods are threatened. Statistics show that 9 out of 10 German companies are affected by cybercrime. The increasing trend to outsource important business processes into the digital space plays a major role in this. This change brings new dangers and inadequate server cyber protection makes it a potential target for cyber criminals. Server antivirus is an important foundation to effectively protect data, information, intellectual property and more. Many IT companies are dedicated to staying one step ahead and offer various solutions in this area. Setting up a functioning server antivirus required extensive IT knowledge, but cybersecurity companies have continually worked on more user-friendly solutions to enable anyone to implement successful server cyberprotection.

    Computer viruses


    Without exception, everyone has encountered computer viruses at some point in their IT career. Computer viruses are malware that compromise other software, a boot sector or RAM and spread from there. The spreading malware can then make changes to operating systems and other software and even cause hardware damage. Servers play a business-critical role in many companies and require particularly extensive protection against malware. The importance of server anti-virus is usually underestimated and strong server cyberprotection is in most cases incidental. Many operating systems have built-in virus protection for servers and give the appearance of security. However, these are usually incomplete and should be supplemented by an anti-virus program for servers in order to protect this critical hardware in the best possible way.

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    Virus types

    There are different types of viruses that spread and work in different ways. These include malware, ransomware, worms, spyware, etc. One of the most prominent types of virus is the Trojan horse. Trojans infiltrate systems as harmless software or files and as soon as a Trojan is installed, the system gets infected. Many anti-virus programmes for servers detect these threats and work with preventive measures.

    Virus signature

    Signatures are the key to comprehensive and always up-to-date virus protection for servers. Virus signatures represent a unique identification feature of the virus. Companies that programme anti-virus programs for servers collect gigantic data sets with signatures. These in turn are then used by the scanners to preventively block already known malware for the server. The databases of the anti-virus solution are constantly supplemented and further expanded, analysed and evaluated for cyber protection purposes.

    Acronis

    Webtropia.com has been working with Acronis for several years. Acronis was founded in 2003 and since then has been constantly investing in the expansion of their cloud service infrastructure. Acronis has also entered the market with a new product in the area of cyber protection for servers. With the new Cyber Protect product, customers are offered an "all-in-one" virus protection for servers. With integrated features such as email protection, vulnerability analysis and an extensive dashboard, each server is provided with compact yet comprehensive server cyberprotection.

    Performance

    Performance degradation is one of the biggest problems with server software. Especially with server antivirus, performance degradation is to be expected. However, antivirus programmes for servers are nowadays optimised to such an extent that the resource drain is hardly noticeable. The software runs invisibly in the background and even real-time scans work with surprisingly little system performance. Moreover, antivirus programmes for servers are constantly learning and optimising their work steps for an even faster and smoother process.

    Secure your personal server cyber protection!

    In compliance with the directive 2006/112/EC in the modified version, starting 1.1.2015 prices can vary depending on the country of residence of the customer (the prices in the offers are prices for the Federal Republic of Germany and include VAT). If your place of residence is not in Germany, the prices are net.