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How Do I Provide Security for My Shoppers? |
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Doing business on the Internet requires giving some thought to the security of your shoppers' personal and credit card information. The most common and effective way to keep their information secure during online transactions is to equip your store with a Secure Certificate, or SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificate.
This certificate encrypts the information that the shopper's computer sends to your server, and displays a small padlock icon in their browser's status bar, down at the bottom right of the site, to assure them that your site is secure. You also see the "http" change to "https" on the secure pages where credit card details are stored. You can view the certificate details by clicking on the padlock icon.
Certificate Authorities, provide Secure Certificates, with varying standards for validation, encryption, and authentication. If you are hosting with Inventory Source this is provided and most hosting services provide this service directly or through a partnership agreement. Contact your hosting service to loacte the security certificate and for help loading the security icon to the site.
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