Secure Hosting Alliance (SHA): Transform Your Hosting Business While Improving the Entire Industry

It’s time for hosting providers to stop competing on price and end the race to the bottom. The key to making this work is to establish differentiators that truly matter to customers, showing them that all providers are not the same.  In doing so, responsible actors in the web hosting industry have an opportunity to strengthen this sector and prevent crippling legislation. 

The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) is calling on ethical, secure, and robust providers from around the world to help us establish the Secure Hosting Alliance (SHA). Together we will set industry standards to serve as a mark of quality that separates established and respected providers—bearing the Trusted Host seal—from the fly-by-night pretenders. Participating companies will also be improving the efficiency of their own anti-abuse efforts while benefiting from the trusted environment we create for the industry. 

 

Secure Hosting Alliance Goals

• Develop and promote a cooperative framework for fraud prevention, abuse response, law enforcement coordination, domain industry collaboration, and support to enhance trust and safety in the web hosting industry.
•  Surface common industry standards for web hosting and cloud service providers around privacy, security, transparency, and ethical advertising practices.
• Develop a unified language and taxonomy for the web hosting portion of the cloud industry, setting clear definitions and fostering better communication.
• Establish principles for combating monopolistic behavior and promoting open standards.
• Contribute to legislative and regulatory discussions, advocating for data protection and cybersecurity measures tailored to web hosting and cloud providers.
• Engage in community-building activities, including virtual and in-person meetups at industry conferences, to facilitate collaboration and networking opportunities.

Find Out How to Proactively Shape the Web Hosting Industry

Join us for an informative session about the Secure Hosting Alliance (SHA) and learn how you can contribute to elevating industry standards, enhancing security measures, and fostering trust in web hosting and cloud services, while potentially cutting down your operating costs. 

Session 1—Thursday, September 5th, 2024 at 10:00-11:00 AM EDT/ 14:00-15:00 UTC

Session 2—Thursday, September 5th, 2024 at 1:00-2:00 PM EDT/17:00-18:00 UTC

Service providers who have already agreed to participate in these sessions include:

• Hostinger
• OVH
• Sharktech
• Siteground
• RAKsmart
• AltusHost
• Green Olive Tree

If you want to attend one of these sessions and learn more, we invite you to sign up here. You can also find out more about our similar efforts: the Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative (EWDCI) and the VPN Trust Initiative (VTI).

Together we can shape a more secure, transparent, and resilient web hosting industry.

About the i2Coalition
The Internet Infrastructure Coalition ensures that those who build the infrastructure of the Internet have a voice in public policy. With more than 100 member brands, we are a leading voice for web hosting companies, data centers, domain registrars and registries, cloud infrastructure providers, managed services providers, and related tech. We protect innovation and the continued growth of the Internet’s infrastructure which is essential to the global economy. 

For more in-depth updates on Internet policy, including issues that impact your Internet infrastructure organization, please contact us about joining the i2Coalition.