Website hosting coy advocates data protection, cybersecurity
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi
A website hosting company, TFHost, has called for protection of data and cybersecurity to ensure safety online.
Head of Sales, TFhost, Mr Victor Matthias, made the call on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Matthias cautioned Nigerians that while using the internet, there was need to ensure cybersecurity, which attacks were inevitable but could be avoided.
He said there was need to engage the internet wisely, while having a personal internet experience and data protection.
Matthias said that social media platforms had great impact on digital marketing, created visibility for online businesses, but had its limitations.
According to him, most social media platforms accessible to Nigerians are internet spaces owned by other individuals who they cannot guarantee the safety of their data.
“Nigeria is an evolving country in terms of internet penetration, especially with hand-held devices, people are coming into social media and then to websites and blogs.
“If you want to do online business, engage in online activities to an extent, you need a blog or a website for people to take you seriously.
“You can’t do business and leave it on social media, social media is essentially not your space, it is somebody’s space, the person is just giving you access,’’ he said.
The TFHost official said that while hosting the website of its clients, the company kept evolving to meet global best practices on data protection.
He said the company was accredited by Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA).
“TFhost mandate is to register different types of domain names for individuals, Small Medium Enterprises, Corporations, Ministries, Departments and Agencies, others.”
He added that its services included email hosting, shared hosting, cloud hosting, virtual private server hosting, dedicated hosting, wordpress and reseller hosting.
According to him, the reseller hosting will give opportunity to refer others for people to earn money.
Matthias said that TFhost was committed to reducing carbon footprint through sustainable data centres and renewable energy sources.
“We support digital literacy programmes and online education initiatives plus partnerships to ensure better ICT penetration for Nigeria and Africa in general.
Mr Joshua Itebu, Technical Head of the company, said that any individual found active online was susceptible to attacks.
“If you put out anything online, you need to have an open mind of being prone to attack, whereas emails and websites are also usually prone to attacks.
“For emails, people need to do a regular change of password, avoid using common passwords that can be easily guessed and change it within three to six months.
“For the website, always install XXL certificate on your website. This can keep your files and data encrypted and engage in constant maintenance of the website,’’ he said. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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