The security of the data lodged on your server is highly critical- The intrusion of any sort which compromises latter can lead to the consequences like minor glitches, temporary disruption of services, or even data theft. For instance, in case of website defacement, you'll have to clean up the mess and restore the missing files, to bring everything back to the previous working order. A more serious security breach can even lead to a full-blown root-level compromise which can take weeks to recover from the extensive damage done; thus leading to the loss of business hours, money and resources- Here's when SSH key security comes to your rescue. What are SSH keys? Secure Shell Keys are the access credentials that are used under SSH protocol was developed by Tatu Ylonen in the year 1995- He created the protocol to prevent the university of Helsinki from sniffing attacks which posed a big threat to critical IT assets and other data. Currently, SSH protocol is widely