A dedicated server gives you complete control over your infrastructure. That control includes the responsibility for data protection, there is no managed platform quietly running backups in the background on your behalf. If you don’t configure backups, they don’t exist. This is not a theoretical risk. Hardware fails. Scripts run incorrectly. Ransomware encrypts entire filesystems. […]
GDPR is not primarily a technology regulation. It is a data governance framework that places obligations on how personal data is collected, processed, stored, and protected. Your technology choices, including hosting infrastructure, determine how easily you meet those obligations and how confidently you demonstrate compliance. For businesses processing EU personal data, dedicated server infrastructure offers […]
Owning a dedicated server means owning the entire attack surface. There is no shared hosting provider abstracting away the firewall configuration. There is no cloud platform managing patch cycles on your behalf. Every exposed port, every outdated package, every misconfigured permission is your responsibility. This is not a reason to avoid dedicated infrastructure. It is […]
In 2024, Microsoft’s own security researchers documented ransomware operators actively exploiting a hypervisor vulnerability, CVE-2024-37085, to gain full administrative control over ESXi hosts and mass-encrypt every virtual machine running on them. Critically, the businesses affected had no way to patch this themselves. That is because the vulnerability lived in infrastructure they did not control. This […]