Quick Lock Down and Questions

Hi. I just had to change management companies. Here are some questions I'm really concerned about:

1. I had changed root password but they could still log in. How can I prevent that?

2. There were several ip's in the apf allow_host.rules file which I removed. Would that lock it so he can't log in again? And, is anything prevented from running or can I have that just be my ip for right now?

3. How long would it take 1 pretty intelligent person to learn security and cpanel well enough to manage and secure it, versus finding a management company?

4. Any solid recommendations on management companies who can really deal with security issues such as someone somehow getting our root password and putting spam software on our server.

Some sys info:

WHM 10.8.0 cPanel 10.8.1-R113
RedHat Enterprise 3 i686 - WHM X v3.1.0
Kernel Version(uname -r): 2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp

 

 

 

 

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