Advice on Security Measures

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  1. Brassy

    Brassy

    I am in the process of preparing updated pages for the an asp.net website for a hotel in Corwen as part of my final year project towards a BSc(Hons) in Computing and IT. To this end there I wonder if you are able to provide me with 'idiot guide' answers and instructions to the questions as detailed below which will assist me greatly in my research.

    1. What security measures are in place in order to ensure security of payments being made on line?

    2. I am using Microsoft Access database tables to collect information from prospective customers - is there a specific kind of reference I will need to tie a booking into a secure credit card payment facility?

    3. What further information would be required from the hotel owners in order to facilitate credit card payments on line?

    4. Is there normally a charge to enable such transactions?

    Thank you for any help you can give - it will be much appreciated.
     
    Brassy, Mar 14, 2007
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  2. Bruce

    Bruce DiscountASP.NET Staff

    1. What security measures are in place in order to ensure security of payments being made on line?

    Do you mean what security measure you can do to make online transaction more secure? or do you mean what security measure is installed on our server?


    2. I am using Microsoft Access database tables to collect information from prospective customers - is there a specific kind of reference I will need to tie a booking into a secure credit card payment facility?

    This is not really a valid question. Database backend is not really related to credit card processing.


    3. What further information would be required from the hotel owners in order to facilitate credit card payments on line?

    Well.. he needs to have a merchant account. In addition, the merchant account needs to be setup with an online credit card processor. We recommend using Authorize.net

    4. Is there normally a charge to enable such transactions?

    Yes. Usually the charge is a per transaction charge and a percentage of the transaction.

    The exact amount depends on the processor.

    Bruce

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    Bruce, Mar 15, 2007
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  3. Brassy

    Brassy

    Thank you Bruce - The first question relates to both the security installed on the server as well as what Ican do tomake on line transactions more secure too.
     
    Brassy, Mar 18, 2007
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  4. Bruce

    Bruce DiscountASP.NET Staff

    Brassy...


    This is a really difficult question to answer.. I could write a book on this topic and still not have this covered.


    The most basic things are


    1) Use SSL to secure your shopping page


    2) Encrypt the credit card if you intend to store them in database.


    3) If you are using 3rd party applications, make sure you have the latest version.


    Bruce

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    Bruce, Mar 19, 2007
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