The Do's and Don'ts of Passwords
1ShoppingCart and our Private Label Partners are committed to providing your eCommerce solution in the most secure manner possible. This year, we’ve been Certified for PCI (Payment Card Industry) and CISP (Cardholder Information Security Program) online security standards.
These standards, established by Visa, Mastercard and the credit card industry, help ensure the highest level of protection possible for online businesses by enforcing a series of security measures. This includes mandatory password changes.
These security standards, while currently optional for most businesses, will become mandatory in the near future and at that time all online businesses will have to either comply or be refused the ability to process online credit cards by Visa and Mastercard.
As part of this compliance, we must enforce a regular updating of your accounts Password information, essentially, the keys to your account.
To assist you, here are a few helpful “Do’s and Don’ts” when utilizing passwords:
Do’s:
- Always use a combination of alpha characters, symbols and numbers
- Always try to move around the keyboard (don’t use only the letters on the same row for example)
- Try to use a combination of characters that do not form an actual word
- Always use a minimum of eight characters
- Always change your password just prior to terminating a business relationship with a person who may know your password
- Remember to also change the password on any shared email addresses that may be listed within your account when terminating a relationship with a person who may know your password. This will prevent anybody from simply requesting your password to be resent to the email address they have access to.
Don’ts:
- Never use names or birthdates of close relatives
- Never share your information with anyone that does not have anything to do with your account’s operations
- Never write the password down and store it in an easy to find spot
- Never store passwords on your computer, PDA or cellular phone
By changing your Password, you are securing not only the safety of your account but the data in which it stores and the integrity of the environment on which the account is housed. Your site is as secure as you would expect your bank’s website to be.
Fortunately, with your 1ShoppingCart-powered eCommerce solution, you do not have to worry about compliance! We have taken care of everything from here so your business is automatically PCI/CISP compliant.
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