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Sometimes it
seems like nothing is safe anymore. Whether it's the
airport or the local shopping mall, everywhere you look
there is risk upon risk. But when it comes to your
online business website, this surely isn't the case, is
it? The truth is that more theft than ever is taking
place on the internet in the form of data stealing.
Credit card numbers and identities are being stolen from
business websites that don't know how to secure their
financial transactions or that don't know how to verify
information in the first place. Here are three simple
steps to help secure your business website:
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In order to secure your website, you need at least SSL
encryption software on your site. This can be managed by
an outside security company (like VeriSign) or you can
work with a website designer to create your own
configuration. What this software does is encrypt the
information that is being sent from one place to another
so that hackers can't find out what the financial
information is. When information is put into your
website, it is encrypted, transmitted in that encrypted
mode and then decrypted for you or for your merchant
account manager. This helps to keep everyone's credit
cards secure and your financial transactions. By placing
a small indicator of the SSL encryption, you will also
be able to calm nervous customers and help encourage
them to shop on your site.
Check the Identity of your Buyers
While you don't want to seem as though you're suspicious
of everyone, the truth is that credit card transactions
can make it easy for someone to use another's financial
information without their permission. To help prevent
this, you need to check and double check the identity of
your buyers. You can do this by not only asking for
their credit card information and name, but also their
address, their phone number, and the security code on
the back of the credit card itself (on the front for
some credit cards). This will help to improve the odds
of getting financial information that is actually in the
hand of the person who is making the purchase. And if
the card comes back as stolen, you might have enough
information to help track down this criminal.
If the customer can nor provide the correct information,
you can stall their purchase and call them to see if
they simply mistyped something.
Make Your Buying Process Secure
To be sure that the financial information isn't going to
be stolen, you need to check and double check the
merchant account that is handling your credit card
transactions. Check their reviews to see if there were
any other problems with security. Talk to them about
what safety measures they have in place and be sure that
you are completely confident in their services. These
companies should also be checking the credit card
transaction to be sure that the card wasn't reported as
stolen or missing and then sending that information back
to you in a timely manner, if so. This will help you
reduce the shipment of items to sellers that are using a
card in a criminal manner.
Security is the hot topic for everyone these days it
seems. And when you're running an online business, it's
not something where you can hope for the best. Hackers
are simply getting better every day, so you need to put
up enough security walls to deter them from stealing
your customer's sense of security.
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