Security & Protection

Safe, reliable, secure shopping cart

When everyone feels safe shopping online, the whole eCommerce industry wins. The establishment of PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) has taken Internet security to a whole new level by providing strict industry regulations for merchants and merchant account providers to follow. Today, all merchants accepting credit cards online must be PCI compliant.

What are the Risks of Not Being PCI Compliant?
Processing credit cards is the lifeblood of eCommerce. Taking shortcuts or trying to cut costs is not worth losing your business over, that’s for sure. Fines and penalties for non-compliance or security breaches are defined individually by each of the payment card industry brands, but could run anywhere from $10,000 to $500,000 and worse, lose your ability to even process online transactions. The bad publicity that comes from those security leaks can also be detrimental to your business’ good name.

Value Security
ProCart values the security of our clients and their customers and, because of that commitment, we were one of the first shopping cart software providers to become PCI/CISP certified. We maintain PCI compliance with ongoing validation and by implementing upgrades and enhancements as needed. And that’s one of the biggest advantages of choosing ProCart. With other shopping cart solutions that require hosting (for example, software which you must download, install, backup, and update on a regular basis), you must go through the time-consuming process of becoming PCI compliant on your own. Why go through unnecessary (and often costly) steps or risk fines and security breaches when there is an all-in-one, PCI compliant eCommerce solution?

What is VISA’s CISP Program?
Visa’s Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) was created to define a security standard for all merchants that process, transmit and store Visa Cardholder information.  This program is more than simply meeting a one-time compliance standard, there is also an ongoing compliance validation required. This ongoing validation is designed to identify and correct any potential security vulnerabilities and to ensure the highest levels of security are maintained. To learn more about VISA and CISP, visit VISA’s informational page here.