VistoShield Press Kit
Everything journalists, podcasters, and content creators need to write or talk about VistoShield: brand assets, product descriptions, screenshots, and contact information.
One-liner
The shortest accurate description of VistoShield, for headlines and citations.
One-liner (12 words)
VistoShield is an EU-hosted WordPress security platform with 14 dedicated modules in one lightweight plugin.
Key facts
Quick-reference numbers — current as of May 2026.
Description (3 lengths)
Pick whichever fits your piece. All three are accurate and pre-approved for citation without further review.
Short — 50 words
VistoShield is a cloud-managed WordPress security platform built by Vistoweb, a Greek hosting provider with 25+ years of server security experience. One lightweight plugin runs 14 dedicated security modules — firewall, scanner, login guard, DNS monitor, and more — all managed from a single EU-hosted dashboard. No DNS changes, no traffic proxy.
Medium — 200 words
VistoShield is a WordPress security platform that takes a different approach to protecting WordPress sites. Instead of routing all traffic through an external proxy or asking site owners to change their DNS, the security runs directly on the WordPress site as a single lightweight plugin, while configuration, monitoring, and incident response live in an EU-hosted cloud dashboard. The plugin bundles 14 dedicated security modules — firewall & WAF, malware scanner, login guard, bot detector, activity log, password policy, API security, vulnerability patcher, incident response, CDN connector, DNS monitor, uptime monitor, and reputation monitor — all designed to work together without the bloat of an all-in-one bundle. VistoShield is built and operated by Vistoweb, a Greek hosting provider with over 25 years of server security expertise. The platform is hosted entirely in EU datacentres and is GDPR-compliant by design rather than as a retrofit. Free tier covers 3 sites with all 14 modules; paid plans (Pro $89/site/year, Max $169/site/year) add unlimited sites, longer data retention, white-label options, partner program, and dedicated support. The Rescue add-on offers $299 one-time malware cleanup with human supervision.
Long — 500 words
VistoShield is a WordPress security platform engineered around a specific philosophy: that real security should run as close as possible to the asset it protects, not as a network-layer afterthought. While the dominant WordPress security vendors operate as cloud proxies (where customer traffic is routed through their infrastructure and DNS records are reconfigured), VistoShield keeps security logic on the WordPress site itself as a single lightweight plugin under 200 KB. Configuration, alerting, incident response, and centralized monitoring live in an EU-hosted cloud dashboard — but the WAF, malware scanner, login lockouts, and 11 other modules execute on the customer's server, with no external proxy, no DNS changes, and no traffic markup. The platform packages 14 dedicated security modules into one plugin: firewall & WAF (25+ rules, geo-blocking, header hardening), malware and integrity scanner, login guard with brute-force protection, bot detector with 500+ signatures, activity log with GDPR-compliant audit trail, password policy enforcement, REST API security, vulnerability patcher, incident response automation, CDN connector, DNS monitoring (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), uptime monitor, and reputation monitor (DNSBL checks). The dashboard ties these together with cross-site overviews, weekly PDF security reports, white-label branding for agencies, a partner program with tiered discounts, and an iframe-based single-sign-on so site owners can jump from WordPress admin to the cloud dashboard without re-authentication. VistoShield is built by Vistoweb, a Greek hosting provider founded in 2002 with two decades of operational experience securing WordPress and Linux servers for paying customers. The company runs the platform entirely from EU infrastructure, and the architecture was designed GDPR-compliant from the first commit rather than retrofitted to satisfy auditors. Three sub-processors handle distinct, narrow roles: hosting, CDN, and payments — full disclosure with transfer mechanisms is in the privacy policy. No US-based analytics, no advertising trackers, no third-party JavaScript on the dashboard. VistoShield is funded entirely by its existing hosting business and has no venture capital, which gives the team unusual freedom to optimize for long-term technical correctness over short-term growth metrics. The pricing model reflects that: Free tier covers 3 sites with all 14 modules unlocked (no feature paywall, no trial timer); Pro at $89/site/year adds unlimited sites and 30-day data retention; Max at $169/site/year adds white-label, SMS alerts, and partner API access. A separate one-time Rescue add-on at $299 provides full hands-on malware cleanup with the team supervising every step. The roadmap focuses on additional integrations (DirectAdmin, Webmin, cPanel for server-level firewalls), more languages (Greek, German, French translations underway), and AI-assisted incident triage with explicit human review on every customer-facing decision.
Brand assets
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Brand colors
Hex values for any custom assets you build that reference VistoShield.
Product screenshots
High-resolution screenshots from inside the WordPress plugin and the cloud dashboard. All 1200×863 PNG. Click to download original.
Founder & team
For interviews, podcasts, and quote attribution.
Founder bio (50 words)
Dimitris Tsopanakis is the founder of Vistoweb, a Greek hosting company operating since 2002. He has spent two decades securing WordPress and Linux servers for paying customers and built VistoShield to bring that hosting-grade security to every WordPress site without the cost of dedicated managed hosting.
For attribution
Use "Dimitris Tsopanakis, founder of VistoShield (Vistoweb)" — Vistoweb is the company name and parent business; VistoShield is the product. Spell "VistoShield" as one word, capitalised V and S.
Press contact
For interview requests, fact-checks, or anything not covered above. We respond within one business day.