| Having an online business is one of the best ways | | | | Authority's web site and apply for the certificate. |
| to go into business for yourself. You can have | | | | Their application and steps to getting a certificate |
| access to hundreds of millions of customer's | | | | are pretty simple. You'll just need to provide them |
| everyday. Once you know what you and your | | | | with information about your company, who they |
| customers will be most interested in or want, | | | | should contact, and valid documentation for your |
| then you are all set to set up your online | | | | company, like your articles of incorporation for |
| e-commerce business. Some of the most | | | | example. They use this information to make sure |
| important key factors to consider when doing | | | | that your company is legitimate. |
| business on line with customer or other | | | | The fifth tip is to be able to generate a CSR file. |
| businesses is security. There are 7 key security | | | | The CSR file is an encrypted file that holds |
| points that should be considered when setting up | | | | information about your company and your web |
| an online business. | | | | server. The Certificate Authority will use this CSR |
| The first tip you need to do is make sure you | | | | file to generate and validate certificates for your |
| have a secure server. This server will be the one | | | | e-commerce web site. |
| you use to host your e-commerce web site if | | | | The sixth tip is to install the certificate on your IIS |
| you don't go to a ISP provider to do the hosting | | | | or Web server. This certificate also lets your |
| for you. Even if you do have an ISP provider host | | | | business partners, customers and other |
| your e-commerce web site, you will want to ask | | | | businesses know that your e-commerce web site |
| them about their security. These are the things | | | | is legit and trustworthy. |
| you will need to know when doing business on the | | | | The seventh tip is to make sure you have an |
| Internet. | | | | e-commerce or business security suite installed on |
| The second tip to look into when setting up a | | | | the server. The Business security suite should |
| secure e-commerce web site is to make sure | | | | have a firewall, virus or malware protections, |
| that the IIS or web server has SSL encryption | | | | spyware protection, privacy protection and more. |
| security protocol implemented on it. SSL is a type | | | | You will also want to make sure that your |
| of security that is used for transmitting sensitive | | | | e-commerce web site redirects using the correct |
| and confidential information like credit card | | | | protocols to go to a secure section of your site |
| numbers, social security numbers or other such | | | | or that the entire web site is secure using the |
| important data. | | | | HTTPS protocol. |
| The third tip you will want to look into is digital | | | | If you, as the e-commerce business owner, are |
| certificates. Digital certificates, SSL certificates or | | | | unsure how to do any of these steps or tips you |
| root certificates, which are sometimes just called | | | | will need to contact the proper web site designer |
| certificates, are used to encrypt, decrypt and | | | | in order to make sure everything you are doing |
| authenticate data on a web or IIS server. | | | | can be done in a fast, efficient and secure way. |
| The fourth tip is to make sure you have are able | | | | Your first duty is always to protect your |
| to obtain your certificate through the Certificate | | | | customer's privacy and any information they will |
| Authority. You will need to go to the Certificate | | | | be trusting you with as well as your own. |