As internet sales keep growing and becoming more popular every day, the benefits of selling on the web lead many business owners to take their businesses online. But if these entrepreneurs are not well informed, they may have significant losses to suffer.

E-Commerce is on the rise and is expected to expand in India. As a provider of IT Consulting & Solutions, we had the opportunity to work with many small & enterprise clients to provide them with e-commerce consulting & solutions. We have focused on fine-tuning our e-commerce platform in the recent past and are now providing a wide range of services and solutions on the e-commerce site.

On the other hand, there was an online platform like an e-commerce store that did not take proper care of their virtual security; the consumer has violated their data. Hackers daily launch viruses, spyware, and other virtual threats aimed at corrupting systems and gaining access to restricted data to take advantage of such information in criminal transactions.

Your duty as a digital entrepreneur is to promote the safety of your visitors by implementing compliance strategies in your online store and applying the best security features available online, such as the PCI DSS certification.

What Is PCI DSS?

“As per Wikipedia, The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard for organizations that handle cardholder information for the major debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards.”

Those who wish to conduct electronic transactions securely will follow guidance from the PCI-DSS to avoid data theft and credit and debit card fraud.

How to achieve PCI certification?

To comply with the PCI-DSS you must meet some requirements:

• Install and maintain a secure firewall network
• Change the default passwords given by vendors to reduce the risk of intrusion
• Use data encryption
• Encode the transmission of user data and confidential information on public networks
• Use and update anti-virus software frequently
• Develop and maintain secure applications
• Restrict access to data by companies
• Assign unique identification for each user
• Limit physical access to each user’s data
• Monitor user data regularly
• Apply security tests to technological resources
• Develop and maintain an information security policy

Some advantages of PCI certificate:

• Increase trust
• Reduction of legal costs
• Higher profitability for the business
• Best security practices to implement in your e-commerce
• Secure Connections