Tips That Keep Your Company's E-commerce Site Secure
Your company’s e-commerce site is important for business. It’s vulnerable to cyber threats, though. In addition to purchasing cybersecurity insurance, use these tips to keep your e-commerce site secure and give your customers confidence as they shop.
Select a Secure E-commerce Platform
Your company could choose from dozens of e-commerce platforms but prioritize security. At the very minimum, your platform should use an object-oriented programming language and offer a secure checkout page, sitewide SSL security, two-factor login authentication, and login session timeout. Consider a platform that enforces strong passwords and includes a PCI-compliant payment processor, too.
Choose Safe and Secure Web Hosting
The best web hosting option for your e-commerce site will utilize an SSL certificate and backups. Secure web hosting will also limit downtime, which affects your customers’ experience and could make your site more vulnerable to hackers. Verify the available technical support, too, and ensure you have access to the help you need.
Implement HTTPS
HTTPS indicates that the website is secure. It boosts customers’ confidence, and as a bonus, Google gives a higher ranking to sites with HTTPS.
Implement a Secure Checkout Connection
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) authentication encrypts and protects data during checkout. It’s essential for a secure checkout.
Protect Against DDoS Protection
DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) occurs when hackers use bots to request data simultaneously, overload your website with traffic and crash your site. A DDoS mitigation service inspects all traffic first to verify the user is human. It works in the background to keep your e-commerce site secure and functioning properly.
Use Multiple Layers of Security
In the case of e-commerce security, redundancy is essential. Implement firewalls and place backups at every point of entry with backup for those backups. These layers reduce holes through which hackers can access your site.
Store the Minimum Amount of Information
Only store essential information and prevent hackers from accessing customer email addresses, billing info, and credit card numbers, expiration dates or verification numbers. Regularly purge outdated information and files, too.
Require Strong Passwords
In addition to the steps you take to secure your e-commerce site, require customers to do their part and use strong passwords. Require a minimum number of letters, numbers and special characters along with two-factor authentication for logins.
Set up System Alerts
Receive alerts when your e-commerce site is threatened by suspicious behavior. It can recognize transactions that originate from the same IP address, multiple orders placed by one person using different credit cards, and orders with unmatched recipient and credit card holder names.
Protect your company’s e-commerce site with these tips. They improve your cybersecurity as your customers shop.