Any regular store needs to worry about security. They often have a robust alarm system to make sure that they are protected. An e-commerce store is no different in that it needs protection except in one major way.
When protecting your e-commerce store, you aren’t just protecting yourself, you are also protecting your customers. After all, trust is hugely important when you are asking somebody to put in very sensitive information to make a purchase.
You have to make sure that you have a secure site that people can use without worrying about handing over their vital information to the wrong person. In this article, we will go over several of the ways that you can protect your e-commerce site.
1 . Use antivirus protection
One of the easiest ways for a hacker to access your site and get your customers’ credit card information is to place some malware on it. The first step is to make sure that you are running antivirus software on your own computer to make sure that you aren’t inadvertently giving away the keys to your store.
Using software will protect you from malware being put on your computer. Some of these viruses include keyword loggers so they can get your passwords. If this happens to you then they will have your login information to be able to access the backend of the ecommerce site.
With that kind of access they can then upload spyware to your site to enable them to steal your customer’s credit card information. By protecting your own computer first, you are protecting everybody else’s.
2. Get HTTPS
Anybody who makes a purchase online these days looks first to make sure that the site is using secure hosting by checking if it has an HTTPS URL. If you don’t have a security certificate for your site then you are surely leaving money on the table.
Without the certificate, people will assume, and rightly so, that their purchase is going to be vulnerable to an attack. If you don’t have that security on your site then you are leaving the door open to a hacker to be able to compromise your site.
Google is also rewarding sites that have an HTTPS URL so not having it could hurt your ranking for important keywords.
3. Use a secure ecommerce platform
There are a lot of factors that go into choosing the right platform to build your storefront on. Security should be high on the list of must haves when you are making the decision.
Look for ones that offer frequent updates and security patches to make sure that they stay ahead of the hackers and are up to date on the latest vulnerabilities. They should include encrypted payment gateways and authentication protocols.
Scalability should also factor in as your site grows so it is always going to have a robust security system as its backbone from the platform for long term security and services.
Salman is a prolific environmental writer, and has authored more than 500 articles in reputed journals, magazines and websites. He is proactively engaged in creating mass awareness on renewable energy, waste management, sustainability and conservation all over the world.
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