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The Basics of UFW: Learning the Essential Firewall Commands 

Introduction UFW stands for uncomplicated firewall. It is a frontend platform that enables you to easily manage your firewall functions and commands. You get UFW as a default option with your Ubuntu server. Maximizing the potential of the commands and functions of the firewall can be difficult if you are not already familiar with the tool. Our goal is to …

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How to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 20.04

Having a secure website is vital to ensuring a reputable online presence for any business. Website security should be among your top concerns especially if you are transferring sensitive data between your website and your website visitors. A simple Google search of ‘how to secure a website’ will bring you several directives. One of the top results is an SSL …

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Securing Apache with Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04

Website and data security are topics that cannot be taken lightly. Highly sensitive information which includes financial records and customers’ private information is always in transit between the user’s computer and your website. When you consider this fact, it’s not hard to see why unsecured websites could result in a breach that could seriously damage your business. There are a …

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Installing and Securing phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 18.04

MySQL is an open-source RDBMS based on SQL queries. It’s easy to use, secure, free, and open-source (under the GNU license). In addition, it is highly flexible, memory efficient, and high-performance. Because of all these features, MySQL finds its way in even the top-tier industries. When working with MySQL, most of the time, the interactions occur through the MySQL CLI …

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How to Install the LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL PHP) on Ubuntu 20.04

Introduction In the world of the internet, several technologies come together to form a solution that enables internet users to access dynamic content on the world wide web. LEMP stack is one of those solutions. It brings together four technologies that make a complete server solution for high-performance and dynamic websites. LEMP is an acronym for Linux, Nginx, MySQL, and …

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See why Germany offers the best conditions for cloud computing

Recently, the Software Alliance (BSA) released its annual “Global Cloud Computing Scorecard” for 2018. It cites Germany as the country with the best environment and optimal conditions for cloud computing. The study compared a total of 24 countries and Germany took first place ahead of Japan and the USA. The indisputable advantages of Germany as an environment for cloud computing …

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CloudSigma Security & Business Continuity Features

Security Capabilities CloudSigma endeavors to deliver a high degree of security and privacy for customers in accordance with the various aspects of their computing. This is reflected in CloudSigma’s ISO-27001 certification. We regard this as a top priority. We are committed to openness and transparency with respect to our security procedures and policies. Thus, this post presents a detailed overview …

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CloudSigma joins the DirectCLOUD network at DE-CIX Internet Exchange

CloudSigma now offers direct connectivity via the DE-CIX Internet Exchange. End users can benefit from secure, dedicated cloud network access through any DE-CIX members to CloudSigma. Frankfurt, Germany – March, 2017 Following the opening of its German cloud location in September 2016, CloudSigma joined the DirectCLOUD network and now offers direct connectivity via the DE-CIX Internet Exchange. The DE-CIX platform …

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Learn How a Financial Services Provider is Able to Focus on their Core Business & Save Cost in the Cloud

Customer Profile GENIO GROUP develops services for the financial sector focusing on risk assessment, fraud prevention, support in compliance certification attainment processes, banking, fiscal management of credit, legal support and management of litigation. The company was founded with the goal of providing innovative tools with a high technical value and content. Typical use cases include due diligence processes and credit …

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CloudSigma Launches new German Cloud location with DARZ

CloudSigma is proud to announce the launch of its cloud offering at the DARZ data centre in Darmstadt near Frankfurt, Germany. CloudSigma now serves the key German market with a native deployment. Zurich, Switzerland – September, 2016 – Following its strategy of geographical expansion during 2016, CloudSigma, a public cloud IaaS provider with headquarters in Switzerland, today announced the launch …

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Share Cloud Infrastructure Securely

We are happy to announce the ability to share infrastructure between accounts in a secure way. You can also define what actions you can take against those shared resources giving you fine grain control. This new functionality will allow you to share various sets of resources with one or more other accounts. We call each policy an Access Control List …