A few days ago, Maaz wrote a great blog post about brute force attacks on password-protected entities. In his article, he has mentioned that Cloudways has a built-in SSH/SFTP protection system that deflects attacks by blocking IP addresses involved in dubious login attempts.
Considering the fact that these attacks are becoming sophisticated by each passing day, it is necessary to have security measures in place.
However, there are cases where you need to get trusted IP addresses under a whitelist. You want this in order to keep your entry unrestricted to your server.
This is why we have introduced a Security section in the Server Management tab of Cloudways Cloud Console.
Through this new section, you can create a whitelist of IPs that can access a particular server. This comes in handy when you are collaborating over different networks or regions. Once an IP is whitelisted, the users of the IP will have unrestricted access to SSH and SFTP. Therefore, use this feature wisely.
 Check out the Knowledge base entry for this feature for more information.
Owais Khan
Owais works as a Marketing Manager at Cloudways (managed hosting platform) where he focuses on growth, demand generation, and strategic partnerships. With more than a decade of experience in digital marketing and B2B, Owais prefers to build systems that help teams achieve their full potential.
