Increased support for contactless payments, digital wallets and mobile payments are making paying for things even more convenient than ever before. 2017 saw some interesting payment statistics, most notably; in the UK, debit cards have surpassed cash for the first time.
Many companies that host payment pages will boast of their ability to securely process payments. Whilst this may be true, it does not mean that your customers data is secure on your website. If you fail to invest in a competent cybersecurity solution, you’re leaving your customers vulnerable to fraud and your business open to a costly breach.
Everyday there's another data compromise. Check the news, big breaches are happening all the time - and that's just the high profile ones. It's the smaller businesses that are getting hit the hardest by hackers; we see it day in and day out. Online criminals target websites operating a weak security infrastructure and exploit their vulnerabilities once identified. Why would they work hard to break into a big bank, when they could spend an hour hacking a small business?
Recently our security experts have been busy overhauling our free external scanning tool. Having done some fine tuning, added a plethora of new scanning capabilities and given it a lick of new paint, it's now ready for the public!
Increased support for contactless payments, digital wallets and mobile payments are making paying for things even more convenient than ever before. 2017 saw some interesting payment statistics, most notably; in the UK, debit cards have surpassed cash for the first time.
Many companies that host payment pages will boast of their ability to securely process payments. Whilst this may be true, it does not mean that your customers data is secure on your website. If you fail to invest in a competent cybersecurity solution, you’re leaving your customers vulnerable to fraud and your business open to a costly breach.
Everyday there's another data compromise. Check the news, big breaches are happening all the time - and that's just the high profile ones. It's the smaller businesses that are getting hit the hardest by hackers; we see it day in and day out. Online criminals target websites operating a weak security infrastructure and exploit their vulnerabilities once identified. Why would they work hard to break into a big bank, when they could spend an hour hacking a small business?
Recently our security experts have been busy overhauling our free external scanning tool. Having done some fine tuning, added a plethora of new scanning capabilities and given it a lick of new paint, it's now ready for the public!
