What is A Secure Server?

A secure server is not necessarily more secure or safer to store data. The term only implies that the transmission of data between the user and the server is encrypted so it is more difficult to intercept data such as credit card numbers or personal details.

Most shopping carts will use a secure connection to collect payment details from the customer. There are many little ques that show you that the transmission is secure, such as locking incons on the browser. You should look at the protocal in the url. The url should start with https:// which means that it is using a secure version of the hypertext transfer protocal.

If the url does not have the s in it, it is not a secure connection and it is not a good idea to enter any private information.

With everyone concerned about identity theft it is important to understand that just because the connection is secure does not mean the data is.

Most websites run a secure server on shared servers with thousands of other websites. Even though the data was encrypted while it was transfered, now that it is stored, there are hundreds of people with access to that data who are sharing the server with that website. In addition, the data could be stored anywhere and it could even be web accessible by an average surfer.

In many cases, stores will use a secure server making the user comfortable with the transaction, then the program siply e-mails the credit card details to the merchnat over an insecure connection in a very insecure e-mail.

In that case, the data is accessible to any virus program in the merchnat computer. That is how many of the identities are stolen.

People often accuse merchants of using their cards since purchases are made after the user buys from that merchant. But the truth is the merchant is not stealing your card, they are just incompetent and they have not safeguarded the data the way you expect.

In 90% of the cases, it is not safe to purchase online from a merchant that runs their own secure server.

You should always buy from merchants that use comercial solutions like pagebuzz's e-commerce-inc.com, yahoo or paypal. These companies run data systems outside the actual websites and have decades of experience safeguarding data.

In choosing a secure server, don't even bother trying to run your own. Without a dedicated server, it is just pointless to thing the data is safe.

People are getting more and more web savvy and they wont buy from something they don't feel safe with.

Systems like e-commerce-inc.com have been processing credit cards exclusively for more than a decade and have the highest level of security available. Using a system like that can cost you much less than trying to run your own server and it will be much safer as well have being fully supported.

Too many preople try to do it all themselves. But making a mistake with someones credit card details can cost you your merchant account and put you out of business fast.

When it comes to secure servers, let the professionals help you and keep your e-commerce moving forward.