Host Like A Pro With CloudShield

Designing the infrastructure for NameHero is something I’m personally very passionate about. When cloud computing started gaining traction in the late 2000s, I was pumped. Finally, I could build a hosting stack that would seamlessly scale with website traffic—something that had been a chronic pain point for all my businesses.

In late 2014, when I decided to take my proprietary stack and re-develop it for public use (which ultimately became NameHero), I had to rethink everything. Up until that point, my internet-based businesses were single-tenant (i.e., just my own projects), so I could lock everything down to the nth degree. But when you’re running a web hosting company, multiple customers need access, and security can’t be an afterthought. It has to be built into the foundation.

I spent days—no, weeks—writing scripts to harden security, optimize performance, and make my hosting environment as bulletproof as possible. Then, about a year into NameHero’s journey, I stumbled upon CloudLinux, and man, did that change the game. Their OS checked so many boxes for me, instantly solving challenges that had taken me hours upon hours to mitigate manually. It was a no-brainer to incorporate CloudLinux into NameHero’s core stack.

The Security Game-Changer: Imunify360

Fast forward to 2018. I was invited to speak on a security panel at the cPanel Conference in Houston, Texas, and one of my co-panelists was Igor Seletskiy, Founder and CEO of CloudLinux. Before the panel, a few of us went out to lunch, and Igor started talking about this new security product he was launching—Imunify360.

Given that security is a never-ending battle in web hosting, I was all ears. Igor confidently told me, “Once you start using Imunify360, you’ll be able to cancel your other vendors, stash your security scripts, and fully leverage it.”

I had heard plenty of sales pitches like that before, so I told him, “We’ll see about that.” But I gave it a shot—and honestly? We’ve never looked back. Imunify360 is a phenomenal security solution, and it has saved me (and my team) countless hours of maintenance, scripting, and troubleshooting.

CloudShield: Bringing Enterprise-Level Hosting to VPS

Late last year, I had an idea:

What if we took the exact same enterprise-grade stack we use on our web hosting and reseller hosting products—CloudLinux OS, Imunify360, and LiteSpeed Web Server—and built a high-performance VPS product around it?

That idea became CloudShield.

It’s the best of everything:

✅ CloudLinux OS – Maximum security and performance isolation
✅ Imunify360 – AI-driven protection against malware, brute force attacks, and zero-day exploits
✅ LiteSpeed Web Server – Lightning-fast performance, even under heavy traffic

The result? A VPS platform that’s powerful, secure, and ridiculously fast—at a price point that blows our competitors out of the water.

Why CloudShield Is a Game-Changer

Since launch, CloudShield has become one of our top-selling products, and the retention rate is through the roof. Reseller web hosts, MSPs, developers, and agencies are flocking to it because it just works—and at a price that maximizes their ROI.

Sure, performance and security are huge selling points, but I think what really sets CloudShield apart is reliability. This isn’t some pieced-together VPS hosting—we built CloudShield from the ground up, using the same infrastructure that powers NameHero’s entire platform.

With 2025 in full swing, I have a strong feeling that CloudShield is going to be a massive part of the NameHero story. Honestly, I just wish something like this had existed back when I was first getting started—it would’ve saved me a ton of headaches!

If you’re looking for a rock-solid, high-performance VPS solution that gives you the same hosting stack we use to power thousands of websites, CloudShield is the answer.

👉 Check it out here: namehero.com/vps-hosting