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SSL Certificates
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SSL Certificates Protect Your Livelihood, Yourself and Your Clients
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificates have become a staple of the e-commerce industry and are required in order to be PCI Compliant. Whenever you see a closed padlock (or an “s” following the “http” in the web address, ie “https”) in the address bar of your web browser then you know an SSL certificate is protecting [...]
Tags: e-commerce, Internet Security, SSL, SSL Certificates
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PCI and PA-DSS Compliance: Let’s Clear Up the Confusion
The PA-DSS (Payment Application Data Security Standard) was initially created by Visa in 2005 and known as the PABP (Payment Applications Best Practices). The PABP and the PA-DSS were fashioned as a method to maintain a safe and secure online environment for e-commerce and to prevent credit card fraud and identity theft. Visa has since [...]
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Top 10 Tactics to E-Commerce Success
1. Make Your Site User Friendly.
Create a site search function so shoppers can easily find items or services with little effort.
Put this search function on all pages of your site.
Organize your site with easy to navigate categories.
Look at your site from a shopper’s point of view and make sure that shopping from your store is [...]
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Protect Yourself & Your Business — Change Your Password!
When the Internet was born so were hackers and security threats. Online security is such a complex issue and it can be rather challenging to wrap your head around the threats of credit card fraud, identity theft, phishing scams and all the preventative measures to control these things. Surprisingly, one of the most overlooked ways [...]
Tags: e-commerce, Fraud, Identity Theft, Internet Security, miva merchant, Passwords, SSL Certificates
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SSL Certificates & Your E-Commerce Site
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificates are a security protocol used across the Internet to prevent eavesdropping, interference, fraud, theft and forgery. This security feature is generally used in the world of e-commerce when sites are processing vulnerable and private data such as credit card and billing information. SSL uses cryptography to hide information by converting [...]
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