Improving your server security should be one of your top priorities when it comes to managing a linux server. By reviewing your server logs, you may often find different attempts for brute force login, web floods, exploit seeking and many others. With an intrusion prevention software such as fail2ban, you can examine your server logs and add extra iptables rules to block problematic IP addresses.
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