subject: Secure your Credit Card from phishing and fraud [print this page] Secure your Credit Card from phishing and fraud
How anyone can hack information from website?
Hackers are always there on internet to steal your credit card numbers, email passwords and credential information. When you start paying on website you enter your credit card number and secret code on website. This information will go on internet. Now if the information does not pass on secure way then hacker will hijack your credit card.
How can I know that website is secured or not?
Well, it is so simple to identify secure website. Website should work on HTTPS:// protocol. For example: HTTPS://www.clickssl.com. SSL Certificate is only a security solution that can provide secure way to transfer data over internet. Check your website security status ClickSSL.com
How SSL Secures data?
SSL Certificate use Data encryption and decryption technology for data transmission. SSL use 256 bit encryption level to encrypt data. So no one can hack your information.
When you open site with HTTPS:// site should work fine without any error or warning message.
What type of SSL Certificate website should have?
Below is list for SSL Providers CA (Certificate Authority).
VeriSign
GeoTrust
Thawte
RapidSSL
All of these CA are well known and trusted. VeriSign offers high value SSL Certificate as well GeoTrust also provide same certificates. Now a day EV SSL Certificates are built on high level encryption including Green Address Bar. When visitor will browse website address bar color will be changed to Green.
However, there so many SSL types you can use for your website. Following are few recommendations:
First you have to identify that what type of website you hold.
My website is Recommended SSL Certificate Type
E-Commerce Website : Low Volume Business :-Thawte SSL123
E-Commerce Website : High Volume Business :-GeoTrust True BusinessID
Intranet Website :-Rapid SSL
Unlimited Sub domain website(*.domainname.com) :-Rapid SSL Wildcard
Mail Server Webmail :-GeoTrust Quick SSL Premium
Banking and Finance Website :-VeriSign EV SSL Certificate
Exchange & SharePoint Server :-Thawte SSL Web Server
Website know by business brand :-Green Address Bar SSL Certificate
