Keep Your Data Safe
First of all your website as well as your business data will contain a lot of sensitive information that simply cannot fall into the wrong hands. Even some of the world’s largest conglomerates have a hard time recovering from this kind of security breach. For a startup or SMB a failure of this kind can be absolutely devastating. Take care of where you leave sensitive data online, always encrypt those files and most importantly, pay special attention to this area of digital security. By doing just these few simple things, you will prevent a disaster of major proportions from happening.
Client’s Data Is Paramount
Next thing, you need to pay attention to is your client data. A compromised security and a leek of client’s confidential information can earn you a bad reputation in the business. Unfortunately, this kind of bad reputation is something that most often cannot be remedied and you will be forced to start over. Luckily, there are a lot of things that you can do here. First step should be enforcing a strong password policy. This means more than 8 characters, obligatory numbers, and capital letters. It's like keeping your gloves up to defend yourself in a boxing match. This step alone will make your website so much more difficult to breach and increase the value of your business.
Choice Of Payment Method
Seeing how choice of payment method can play a huge role in your business endeavor, you need to make the right choice. Furthermore, because here we are talking about your client’s money you will need to be extra careful. First of all, what you don’t want is to waste everyone’s time and money by forcing them to deal with various gateways for different things. This is why, it is essential that you make a payment integration as soon as you possibly can. In this way, you will save both time and money of your clients which they will surely know to appreciate. This also means that they won’t be forced to fill out exhausting forms every time they want to make a purchase, which is yet again a great plus.
Stay Up To Date
Finally, in the 21st century, we have a progress like we never witnessed before. New digital technologies are being developed every single day, and in order for our business to stay secure we must follow in line. Needless to say this usually means three things. First one is constantly updating your software infrastructure, which requires a lot of patience and effort. Second one is updating your hardware which can be quite expensive but also necessary. Last but not the least important is to encourage your employees (especially those in charge of security) to constantly self-improve. With this in mind, you should invest in their education as much as you can spare since the future of your company may very well depend on it.
As you can see, where there is will there is always a way and online as well as in reality, the security of your company and your client’s finances depends entirely on you. By managing to reach success making your business completely secure you will not only be rewarded with a more lucrative business, but you'll have more satisfied clients as well. One satisfied client can sometimes be more persuasive than the most expensive marketing campaign.
I hope you enjoyed this article on securing your online business!
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"Digital Marketing 5 Areas To Focus On"
"30 Lessons In Business By Age 30"
As Always, Best Of Luck In Business To You All!
Michael J. Schiemer of Schiemer Consulting
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