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 ### Why Secure Your Server
 
-I assume you're using this guide becuase you, hopefully, already understand why good security is important. That is a heavy topic onto itself and breaking it down is out-of-scope for this document. If you don't know the answer to that question, I advise you research it first.
+I assume you're using this guide because you, hopefully, already understand why good security is important. That is a heavy topic onto itself and breaking it down is out-of-scope for this document. If you don't know the answer to that question, I advise you research it first.
 
 At a high level, the second a  device, like a server, is in the public domain -- i.e visible to the outside world -- it becomes a target for bad-actors. An unsecured device is a playground for bad-actors who want access to confidential data, or to add nodes to their coordinated large-scale DDOS attacks.