Who wants to have long term success in online business, you must provide maximum security and privacy of its customers. Verio Europe are to five safety recommendations for Web shop operator.
Customers want to shop on the Internet do not worry about their data needs to make the. "Security and privacy are key to customer loyalty in online trading," says Andreas, product manager at Verio Europe. "When choosing a shop solution interested parties should make sure that it is always held by the provider to date and extensive security feature offers. Even structural adjustments to new or changed legal situation should not pose as business risk, but be covered with. "
Five safety precautions that should be observed and take an online shop owner, Verio Europe lists:
1. Regular checks of access and legal certainty
The essential importance that the shop software is always up to date. This requires regular updates or any necessary adjustments due to changing conditions, laws or policies such as the renewed regulations for revocation. Companies select a shop on hosting base, they are here always on the safe side, because the providers usually takes not only the security question updates before: structural adjustments to profound innovations like last turn of the year the amended taxation of virtual to be goods justice, be implemented on the server side, and then to all shop-owners only. In a "purchased" Shop has all this to be completely covered itself. The Shop Administrator should plan sufficient time and resources for short or long-term changes for always.
2. Use strong passwords
A matter of course should be to use secure passwords for the shop administration. According to the Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (BSI) is a "strong password" at least twelve characters in length and consists of both uppercase and lowercase letters and special characters and numbers.
3. Secure Data Transfer
Personal data or payment information should be transmitted encrypted only generally. It is advisable here to pay attention to the server-side use of TLS encryption, which provides a high level of security. Be used primarily https connections - TLS (Transport Layer Security), the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), are hybrid encryption protocol for secure Internet data transmission.
4. Certifications
Important to completely different levels are also quality label or certification, for example by Trusted Shops. Online Shop Partner documented so that the Buyer Protection with them a top priority. The corresponding label should be placed prominently on the home page as possible, because in online trading, the customer relationship is based on trust in terms of security and this is buying decision, much more than in retail stores.
5. Use safe payment method
Generally, online shop operators should settle payments only through established payment service providers and use reputable online payment systems such as PayPal. Especially with regard to the payment method "credit card" is to ensure that there is cooperation with specialized suppliers. It is also important that shop owners embed provided by your payment provider available security tools to prevent fraud in their shop.
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