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

When retailers review their online security vulnerabilities for the first time, in almost every case the merchants find potential holes that require attention.

Ken Leonard, CEO of ScanAlert, a Napa, Calif.-based Web site security certification company monitoring more than 65,000 sites, estimates that 80 percent of his firm’s new clients aren’t in compliance with online security best practices.