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Ecommerce Web Site Security by Larry Steevan
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Computers,E-Commerce,Online Shopping
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commerce web site security is one of major concern on any online business or ecommerce website. Because, it handles customers personal information such as credit card information and personal information. Customers always expecting to have secure web browsing and their transaction information should be secure. Therefore ecommerce website security is must feature in any website with online transactions.
Trust is one of biggest assets that you gain over the time by doing repeat transactions with your regular customers. As well as off line business shop, online shop should be protected and keep the same level of trust of your customers to generate revenue through online business channel. Customers should have confidence to give their personal information to do transactions assuming that all given information are secured and will not share with another third party or even will not use for any other misconduct activities.
Secure webhosting is one of the best ways to protect your ecommerce website. This will be the good foundation. Ecommerce website needs more capacity to handle large databases and web servers to handle millions of transactions data and multiple transactions processing. Web site should run smoothly though out the day and year. You should have strong protected firewall to secure your product and other content on website. Not only that, it is better to check the bandwidth and the disk spaces you get through web hosting company to ensure that can handle the high number of potential customers to your website. There are no 100% running hosting services, but ensure to have at least 99% running service to avoid unnecessary burden for your ecommerce website.
SSL encryption is another security activity for ecommerce sites. SSL means Secure Sockets Layer. SSL encryption provides that the security over networks. This will protect information from hackers. Encryption system code and decode sensitive date such as credit card number, email address, postal address and any other personal information from hackers and customers can share their information without any dough. Online industry SSL encryption is needed feature for any online store and 128 bit is minimum level and 256 bit is more stronger than 128 bit and very difficult to hack.
PCI compliance is play major role in ecommerce security and it is must need for any business now. PCI compliance means that payment card industry compliance that agreed and build up by major credit card companies in the world such as Visa, Master Card, American Express, JCB, Discover etc. This will cover the security of online transactions payment security. If you are accepting credit card as online payment method, you be PCI complaint to accept the credit cards. To become PCI compliant, your ecommerce web site should prove that it is build and maintain a secure network, protect cardholder data, implement strong access control measures, regularly monitor and test networks, maintain a vulnerability management program, maintain an information security policy. Then you can become full PCI complaint and secure online business.
Larry Steevan is PR Manager at R U Wewbd , R U Webd is a wed development company and they are specialized as Web designing in Melbourne and as SEO company in Melbourne, Web Development, Web Hosting, Application development, Graphic Designing, Online marketing are some of other services they offer E
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