The easy answer to this is "very" although we appreciate that this is an area where many clients differentiate when choosing a supplier. For your peace of mind, listed below are a few of the reasons why clients choose to host their websites with us.

• The iCM Freedom Data Centre is a state of the art facility that ensures our customers and their clients are provided with services at the highest level. It sits within our own secure facilities in Plymouth and directly under the control of our highly qualified staff who monitor the facilities 24/7.

• Each server is backed up on a daily basis. Backup tapes are stored, offsite, in a fireproof data safe, weekly backup tapes are also stored offsite.
• All servers within the GOSS network have Firewall protection to protect them from external breaches and attacks.
• All systems are secured with passwords that are based around the operating system. Granular security enables you to choose who has what rights. This allows complete control over user access.
• Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is an Internet protocol, which means that data is transmitted securely over an encrypted channel. GOSS is a hosting partner of Thawte™, a subsidiary company of Verisign™.
• Monitoring is done constantly across all major security bulletins and ensures that our engineers are contacted immediately should a problem occur.
• Virus Protection Provides protection against any unwanted processes that may be of a malicious nature.