When it comes to card-not-present (CNP) transactions, there is an abundance of technology Elavon provides on the back end of payment acceptance to help keep you and your customers’ payment data secure. But businesses hold the responsibility of keeping their front-end – your eCommerce website – secure from the threat of bad actors.
One detail that is easily overlooked by a business is the source code supporting your eCommerce website. If you use an outside vendor to develop and maintain that site, be sure the coders don’t leave HTML source code wide open for fraudulent authorization testing. It is important to ensure your source code is well hidden.
We also recommend conducting regular website security audits. The following five security checks are a good place to start:
This article was originally published in Elavon’s Payment Smart newsletter. The Washington Hospitality Association’s payments processing system is backed by U.S. Bank/Elavon.