Security Risks for E-Commerce Sites

One of the factors slowing its expansion is customer distrust of transaction security. These concerns are partly justified, because e-commerce sites, if not properly protected, are exposed to very concrete risks.

Compromised e-commerce = users leaving, lost investments and unexpected costs

What happens if your site is the victim of a cyberattack? Browser vendors and search engines have created alliances to identify infected sites and protect users:

• Search engines, such as Google, can remove the infected or suspected site from search results, or temporarily downgrade it;
• The attacked site can be blocked by browsers such as Firefox or Chrome, with the familiar red screens warning that something is wrong;
• When someone tries to view an infected site, the antivirus may show warning messages, with obvious consequences: who buys from a site that triggers the antivirus?
• Another possibility is the creation of phishing sites, false copies of well-known sites that try to steal personal and sensitive data.

In the event of a cyberattack, the damage to the business could be enormous not only in terms of credibility and trust with customers: practical consequences range from theft of personal data and email addresses to the appropriation of credit card numbers, which for this reason are always better not stored.

How prepared are you, and which technologies do you use to protect your business from these risks?