As a small to medium sized business that trades online and aims to attract e-shopper business, there are some foundational principles that you must follow if you want to instil user confidence and ensure repeat customer business. Users have become far more security-aware when it comes to online trading and if your systems don't make the grade, the notoriously fickle e-shopper will soon go elsewhere.
AVG's top tips for building a secure online trading marketplace this Christmas are as follows:
- Ensure your online payments system is built to keep user identity and users safe from information theft -- this is a top concern of paramount importance.
- Hosting an online shopping offering means that you are effectively opening up a new entry portal to your systems and data -- you need to ensure that the appropriate firewall protection is in place to protect the business network.
- Remember that the greatest threat to corporate security may come from within -- ensure that appropriate policies governing employee access and privileges are in place.
- If managing your own file storage and email servers, ensure these are also running up-to-date security software.
