How about Linux VPS security level ?

• When it comes to security, no operating system is a hundred percent secure, and thereby GNU/Linux is no exception at all.
• However, security in GNU/Linux is far above the security of a Windows installation. This is due to the way how user’s account privileges are assigned and managed.
• On Windows generally, an administrator access is given to users by default, which means they have access to everything on the system, even to the most crucial parts.
• While on the other hand, on Linux, users don’t normally have such administrator (root) access by default.
• So, what this means is even if a Linux VPS is compromised, the intruder or the attacking application will not have ‘administrator’ (root) access, so it can’t do extensive system-wide damage, but instead, it will only affect the user’s local files and programs.
• So, it is a big difference between a minor security issue in some user’s home directory (most likely fault to the user itself) and a major, catastrophic security breach to the entire system.

Updated on: 21/06/2022