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A start-up's guide to e-commerce security, speed and scalability
All new e-commerce businesses should address one vital question first and foremost: Will you collect and store payment card information on your web site or offload credit card processing to a PCI-compliant merchant like PayPal? The answer to this question is paramount and should be well thought out when you are planning and developing your e-commerce Web application.
When feasible, outsourcing the storage and handling of credit cards to a trusted, capable and PCI-compliant payment processing provider is the most secure and most budget-friendly course of action. Even when you outsource payment processing - the riskiest piece of running an e-commerce business - you still must ensure your hosting environment can deliver speed and scalability that meets user expectations and includes security measures that protect your shoppers from a damaging hacker encounter.
Following are the tools and services you should be looking for.
