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How secure is my application hosted onDigital Ocean data centres?

Posted on November 20, 2016

I have been using softlayer as my cloud service provider. To protect my servers from hackers they provided me Cisco hardware firewalls for rent. Is there any option like it in digital ocean.



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There is option to buy Hardware Firewall, or something like this. If you have big infrastructure you want to bring over to DO, or just want more information, Sales team will give you better info. You can contact them in Support Center.

DigitalOcean platform is very secure, but as DO offers un-managed servers, you’re on your own with security of server. You can read 7 Security Measures to Protect Your Servers, it explains some of ways to protect server.

If you’re interested in physical location of servers, International certifications and standards, head over to DigitalOcean FAQ.

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