E-commerce Insights: How to Secure Your Web Site Against Hackers

Do You Store Credit Card Data?

While Web sites collect many types of personal data that must be kept private, credit card information is the key concern for online retailers.

The number of high-profile credit card security breaches reported in the news is rising, with such chilling examples as last summer’s attack on Tucson, Ariz.-based CardSystem Solutions, where 40 million accounts were exposed and 200,000 accounts stolen. As most breaches are not reported to the media, the true number of incidents likely is far greater than perceived.