Ecommerce Merchants Need to Step-up Security Efforts to Protect Customer Data

[mandy]

E-commerce is alive and well. Holiday shopping sales were through the virtual roof last season and analysts predict continued growth in the online channel in 2006. There's only one problem: Security threats seem to be rising almost as quickly as e-shopping revenues...

For their part, merchants need to make identity trust and assurance their business strategy rather than just deploying point security solutions to address a specific vulnerability...

"With the increase in both the frequency and sophistication of malicious online activities such as phishing and identity theft, a fresh approach is needed to protect consumers as they conduct business online," ...

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