Important of securing your online data transaction with SSL certificate

With constant threat from hackers whom continue to write smart viruses and Trojans to capture financial data, important of data security for any business is very crucial.  


I have come across some business owners that request customers credit card information without any protection at all. To make it more worst, they request the CVC Code and expiry data.  


With this level of naivety among business owners , hackers can easily intercept the valuable information for their financial gains.


To prevent this kind of problem, secure your business data transaction using SSL certificate.


SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It provides a secure connection, allowing you to transmit private data online securely. Sites secured with SSL display a padlock in the browsers URL and possibly a green address bar if secured by an EV SSL certificate.


Another way to identify that the data communication done securely between your web browser and the server is to look at the address bar where the “http” protocol has change to “https”.  For example http://mail.google.com/ change to https://mail.google.com/


By using SSL certificate, your customers could also validate your website as legitimate business. 


Why validation is important? Because it tells your customers that they are dealing with you and not a fake website developed by con artist to steal credit card information.  


You can validate a business website by checking the SSL certificate.  If you're using Google Chrome browser, click the padlock icon at the address and it will show the identity of the website owner, connection encryption type and the history. 


For further details, click Certificate Information.  In the Certificate Information, you will know to whom it is Issued To, Issues By and the validity period.  The certificate period must be valid, then only the data transaction is secure.




Details such as name, credit card number and amount can be intercepted and altered if it is done “in the clear”. SSL certificate prevents data alteration problem.


So, if you considering to do online business in the future, one way to protect your customers data and your business is to secure the data transaction with high grade SSL certificate. 


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