Keenweb’s Commitment To Protecting Your Data

At Keenweb, everything we do is focused on earning your trust. For this reason, we use strong encryption and strict security policies to protect your personal data.

Security, alongside speed and support, is a core pillar of our business ethos. At every level, from our data centres and web servers powering our web hosting platform, to our staff training, we place emphasis on your security and privacy.

Whilst we deliberately take a discreet approach to security, we are able to briefly outline some high-level security measures and policies we use to keep you safe;

Strong Encryption

Encryption scrambles data sent between your computer and Keenweb. We use encryption across our systems and services to ensure your key personal details are encrypted and not left in plain-text, readable form. We also use encryption across our website so when you login, or fill in an order form your personal data is kept safe.

We Do Not Store Your Full Credit Card Details

We do not store your full payment details on our own servers making it impossible for someone to gain access to your credit card details.

Secure Payments

When you enter your payment details into our secure website, your payment details are encrypted and sent to our secure payment processor. In return we receive a token, which is randomly set of numbers and letters. The token cannot be turned back into card details and is useless on its own.

PCI Compliance

We comply with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). Our payment provider is a PCI Service Provider Level 1. This is the most stringent level of certification available.

Protecting Personal Data

Handing over your details online is daunting. We know this. That’s why, as a registered UK Limited company we strictly follow the Data Protection Act to ensure your personal data is always handled securely. Unlike some providers, we’re not a marketing company. We do not data mine or collect your details to profile you and help sell services or offer this information to third parties for marketing purposes. Our interest solely in providing you with fast, secure web hosting with great support.

Committed To Protecting Your Security

We know being pro-active about security is a necessity to maintain your trust.

With this in mind we monitor our systems and services 24/7, with checks every minute of every day and use Intrusion Detection Systems to automatically respond and block attacks.

In addition, we actively update and ensure our systems run the latest security patches. Our staff are continually trained in new threats and best practices for keeping your data safe.

It doesn’t end there…

The above represents a very small part of our total security policies and our daily commitment to protecting your data.

If you have questions about security please tweet, or email us.

Day out at Kingston University Enterprise Fair 2015

Higor & Ibok enjoyed a day out helping entrepreneurs and businesses with their online presence at this year’s Kingston University Enterprise Fair a long side other companies such as:

• Enterprise Nation
• Santander
• Shell LiveWIRE
• IQ in IT
• Maple Works
• Xero and many more

Here our some of the pictures from the adventure…

Do you really need to hire a professional to build your website?

These days, the barriers to entry of creating a website have never been lower. With tools like easy to use Website Builder, you don’t even need to write a line of code to get started. Designers are now hired to create beautiful templates for these tools that people can use and customize at scale – giving the consumer more choice at lower prices. But that is not to say there no longer is a place for custom designed sites – there are definitely very compelling reasons to do so. So let’s look at the pros and cons of each choice.

Hiring A Professional

If you didn’t know how to code, hiring a professional used to be the only option if you wanted to create your own site. They used to be able to get away with charging a small fortune for doing just the basic things. Nowadays it is a hugely competitive market. Many web designers no longer just do design but also things like content strategy and CMS integration.

You should hire a professional when

1. You need a highly custom design with animations and interactive elements
2. You rather deal with people than with technicals – you can articulate your views and have the designer work it into the site
3. You need a site that integrates into other systems – for example if you want to go beyond just the basic social media sharing functions and get people to sign up for a newsletter using their social media profile

Things to factor in your consideration

1. Cost – hiring a professional usually costs more, but with good reason. They provide support and have their previous experiences to tap on.
2. Project management and time – the designer may not be intimately familiar with the ins and outs of your industry and business, so there would be a period of onboarding and familiarization.

Building Your Own Site

As we’ve touched on, there are many site builder tools you can use these days and each has their own set of templates and functionalities. On top of that CMS like WordPress have an active theme design community where you can find many free and premium themes to get your site up and running in no time.

You should build your own site when

1. You need a simple, but beautiful page – there are many existing templates you can adapt to make your own
2. You have cost constraints – while there are costs you will need to pay whichever the method (web hosting, domain name) these are relatively small costs. For everything else you need to get your site up and running, there is a plethora of free web tools you can use.
3. You can foresee many small changes in the future – knowing how to add and change the content on your site allows you to make them quickly and efficiently

Things to consider

1. Time investment in learning how to use the tool/system. Many (like ours) are easy to use and click and drag so if you are able to use Microsoft Office, creating a site (especially using templates) is simple enough for most
2. Support comes in a different form – with a professional, you can just call them and they will bill you for the service. With web builders, web hosting companies like us provide 24/7 customer support that would be happy to help you at no extra charge but may not be intimately familiar with your site.

In conclusion, there has never been a more exciting time to create your own website. With the range of options available, there is definitely something that would suit your circumstances and needs!

Helping businesses with an online presence

Our top lad Higor at the My OutSpace event on the 6- Nov- 2016, helping entrepreneurs and business to go online. www.keenweb.co.uk 
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