Online Transactions? Who Or What Is Responsible For Security?
I am a visual artist wishing to have my own website where people can buy my artwork directly from my business, wholesale.
I have little understanding of how websites even work or how secure they can be concerning issues of online transaction, money, credit cards,…etc.
Do I, as the business owner need a really good computer with the best anti-spy or virus software? or do online transactions go through the web-hoster and the web-hoster is responsible the security of money transactions?
I just want to protect and insure costumers that my website is %100 secure. I also need to protect my business. How dose online transactions work? Do the transactions go directly into your business’s bank account?
IF anyone has any suggestions or knowledge, it would a great help.
Hello.
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As the business owner of the website, you are responsible for protecting online transactions when customers do business with you. If you are accepting credit card payments you must be Payment Card Industry compliant (PCI):
https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/pci_dss.shtml
https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/saq/index.shtml
As a small business, when you sign-up to be a merchant and accept credit cards, your acquiring bank will assist you with this. Most hosting providers, like Yahoo, will host the whole transaction and maintain their own compliance, so they can guide you through the process, but ultimately the business is responsible.
Comodo.com is the oldest commercial computer security company in the world they can help you