How secure is your servers?
I'm interested to learn what methods hosts are using to secure their servers. I will reply with suggestions and opinions I am a pretty well respect IT professional in the bay area. I am CISSP, RHCP and MCSE 2000/2003 Certified.This is a great topic to discuss as you can get suggestions from me and others and increase your value of service.
1) How many servers do you have?
2) What operating systems do your servers run?
3) What kind of protection do you have lined up to protect customers personal information during web transaction such as billing? (ie: SSL, or other protocols?)
4) What kind of security do you have lined up to protect your servers from exploits or other malicious attacks?
5) What kind of reporting do you have setup to analyze, identify and remediate the threat or problem?
6) Have you consulted with CISSP professional in assistance with setting up your servers?
7) Are you in accordance with the new laws regarding handling and security of consumer information?