Website security can make or break you. Good security, independently certified
through ScanAlert’s HACKER SAFE service, will increase your bottom line. Conversely,
poor security can cost you dearly and even put you out of business.
By now, you’ve probably heard of The Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard (PCI DSS), a mandatory program for all entities that collect, process
or store credit card data. To be certified to the PCI DSS, you need to:
Complete an annual Self Assessment Questionnaire designed to improve credit card data handling processes
Pass a quarterly vulnerability scan (assuming you do more than 20,000 transactions annually)
If you are hacked when you are not PCI certified, your financial penalties
can include fines starting at $50,000, as well as reimbursing banks for the
costs of reissuing the stolen cards. Have three violations in a rolling 12-month
period, and your ability to process credit cards will be terminated.
If PCI compliance is a stick, then ScanAlert’s HACKER SAFE certification is a
gigantic carrot and a proven way to build the trust that will build your online
business. Think of it as a UL or Good Housekeeping seal of approval for website
security. In fact, since ScanAlert introduced the HACKER SAFE service in 2002, it
has become the Internet security benchmark for retailers around the world. That’s
why you see it on many big sites like GNC, Foot Locker, ShopNBC, American Red
Cross, as well as small sites. Here is how it works:
ScanAlert conducts comprehensive daily security audits of ecommerce
infrastructure. Sites are given all of the technical support and service they need
to patch any holes discovered during the audits in order to meet the HACKER SAFE
standard. ScanAlert certifies the ongoing application of patches. As long as the
site meets the standard, ScanAlert continually serves a dynamic, date-stamped
HACKER SAFE certification mark directly to it from ScanAlert’s network.
You’ll find the HACKER SAFE certification mark on more than 75,000 websites, including
half of the Internet Retailer Top 500 list. The image is also seen daily by tens of
millions of online consumers. In scientific A/B testing by more than 600 websites,
including national brands and chain stores, HACKER SAFE certification increased sales
conversions an average of 14% compared to the control.
ScanAlert is offering GoECart customers the full featured HACKER SAFE service at
a special deep discount. All set-up fees will be waived, and your subscription
cost will discounted up to 70% off of ScanAlert’s normal retail cost of $1,790
per year. The price depends on your configuration such as, amount of domains,
traffic, and transaction volume.
If you’re interested in selling more online, HACKER SAFE is definitely the way
to go. If you need to validate your PCI DSS compliance, ScanAlert will get you
there, too.
For more information or to signup, please contact 866-872-3011.
