{"id":9298,"date":"2023-08-14T13:22:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T10:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/top.host\/blog\/?p=9298"},"modified":"2023-08-14T13:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T10:23:18","slug":"best-practices-securing-your-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/top.host\/blog\/best-practices-securing-your-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Best practices for securing your Top.Host account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to a recent event within our group of brands, we\u2019d like to remind you how important it is to follow best security practices in your Top.Host account. We\u2019d like to make it clear that your Top.Host account has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> been compromised. We are only sharing this information to advise you to change your password and enable 2FA as a security precaution.<\/p>\n<h3>What should you do?<\/h3>\n<p>As a prevention measure, we advise you to implement the following best practices to improve your account security:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable 2FA (two-factor authentication) in your account to increase security. Enabling 2FA strengthens access security by requiring two methods to verify your identity. It will provide you with an extra level of protection that you would not be able to achieve through just a password change. You can enable 2FA following a simple procedure described <a href=\"https:\/\/support.top.host\/help\/how-do-i-enable-or-disable-the-2nd-level-authentication-to-my-account\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you are using some of our services such as mailboxes, WordPress, databases access, FTP or other applications, we also advise you to immediately modify the passwords you are using.<\/li>\n<li>If you are using your Top.Host credentials for any other external partners or services, please consider to also update them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We would like to reassure you that we are doing our outmost to always provide the highest level of services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to a recent event within our group of brands, we\u2019d like to remind you&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":9303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2432],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3636],"class_list":["post-9298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tophost-news-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.2 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Best practices for securing your Top.Host account - Top.Host Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is important to follow best security practices in your Top.Host account. 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