Security

=Security=

﻿In addition to security measures required for running an e-commerce website with a shopping cart, it is necessary to provide sercure methods for ensuring the protection of customer data and the files that they upload for processing by Foto Creativa.  Consideration has to be given to the installation of **anti-virus** and **anti-spyware** packages, in addition to **firewall and internet security tools** to protect the website and its underlying data. (Case Study : Developing and Running an Online Business 2011)  Carmen will need a hosting package which provides good physical and software security for their servers. When uploading and attachement to an email, it is scanned for viruses. One measure Carmen could put in place is to have a program running which scans the uploaded photos for viruses before they are sent to her. Also, many of the photos uploaded by customers will be extremely personal; possibly family or holiday photos, customers may be extremlely angered if those photos ended up being shared or accessed by a third party. Therefore it is extremely important that security is maintained on any systems where customers photos are stored to prevent unauthorised access of personal photos.

Also, when choosing a hosting package carmen will need to make sure that the company she chooses have a good reputation of secure servers.

10 simple ways to beef up security on your website: []