E-commerce Prevention
"30,000 websites are
being hacked every day" ~ Forbes, 2017
Hackers
have set their focus on E-commerce websites to earn money by getting the access
to information such as customer's credentials stored in servers or company's
database. Some hackers work on tarnish the reputation of E-commerce websites by
carrying out DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks that make the network
inaccessible to the users. Whatever is your organization's size, your website
won't exempt from such attacks.
For
that, having highly layered security is the cornerstone of a successful
online business. Here, we will propose some basic practices that all E-commerce
retailers should employ to make sure that their website is secure and to
improve their E-commerce website's conversion rates.
The first step, you should choose a hosting provider carefully that offers an array
of tools and applications to make creating and running an E-commerce site easy
and secure such as Akamai, or Incapsula. Also, you need to choose
the platform that uses the most advanced object-oriented programming language
such as Drupal.
Before
proceeding to the second step, you must change the admin path to make it harder
for the hackers to barge in.
You
must encrypt all communications that might interest hackers as a second step,
precisely when it comes to processing credit cards, therefore having HTTPS
certificate for your website is very useful, it encrypts your customer's
credentials and makes it tough to be intercepted.
For
sure you will layer your security and extend firewalls so attackers cannot
trespass inside your network, access vital information and carry DDoS attacks.
Nevertheless, don't forget to employ AVS (Address Verification System) and
require CVV (Card Verification Value) for credit card transactions to reduce
fraudulent charges, to make online transaction foolproof against any malicious
attack use SSL (Secure Socket Layer).
Still,
your safest bet is heading to the third step which is testing your E-commerce site for vulnerabilities on a regular basis to secure your E-commerce website and prevent from potential
attacks. Consider hiring cybersecurity consultant
such as Teknologiia to help you identify vulnerabilities in the code.
Attentiveness
will render hackers and identity thieves powerless by following three mentioned
steps:
1-
Regular testing of your E-commerce site.
2-
Critical attention to problems, fixing them as they occur.
3-
Monitoring your site to guarantee the problems have been eliminated.
...
To be continued
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