Hacked bank web sites
In the course of marketing our services, occasionally I come across banks that host their web site with a hosting company that is a general hosting provider. I have to shake my head when I find this out. A couple of weeks ago, we were doing some business development with a community bank, and I noticed their web site was down. When I asked about the problem, I learned that the hosting company they use had been hacked and therefore the bank’s web site was down. This went on for more than a day. How can a bank afford to let this happen? If you are in charge of a web site for a financial institution, what possible reason can you have for hosting at a company that doesn’t host other bank or credit union web sites, and has the necessary security controls in place.