Today, we are doing Episode 38 and the fourth and final in our eCommerce & Security Series. We talk with Dre Armeda, co-founder of Sucuri.net, the sponsor for this series, and Lee Blue of Cart66.com.

In the first episode, we looked at the big picture of the state of online security and the risks and in show #2, narrowed that down to eCommerce and Security. Last week, we dug deep into the PCI DSS, or the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.

Today we are lucky to have this powerful duo take us into 3rd-party integrations and payment gateways. We explore tips and insights to ensure that all of your customers’ data is secure and that your site can safely handle this information without you having to be concerned about compromises.  This is a must-listen-to show for anyone who runs an online store, as well as people or agencies that build and support WordPress eCommerce sites.

We chatted about:

* The eCommerce site data beyond credit card numbers that need to be protected and why

* What an SSL certificate is and its role in eCommerce security

* The differences between accepting PayPal and accepting credit card payments from a security and PCI compliance perspective

* The types of products that can affect how you choose to process the payments on your site

* Which eCommerce features have the biggest impact on security

* Some tools to help shops owners in terms of overall eCommerce security

Thanks to Our Podcast Sponsor: Sucuri.net

Transcript

You can also download the transcript of this show: the-wp-ecommerce-show-transcript-october-24-2016

Bob Dunn: Hey everyone, and welcome to our show. Bob Dunn here, also known as BobWP on the web. Today is episode 38, the fourth and final show of our four-part series on security and eCommerce. Today we are rounding out the series on the topic of third party integrations and payment gateways. Like the other three shows, this is a huge area. We’re going to make our best attempt to give you a birdseye view, but also enough details to really help you with your online store. To do this, we are bringing in the heavy hitters, who are going to drop those knowledge bombs and round off this series with even more information to help you with the security of your online store. First we bring back Dre Armeda from our sponsor, Sucuri.net, who has guided us through these last three episodes and has been nothing but an excellent sport in spending this much time with me. Hey Dre, are you ready for this last one?

Dre Armeda: Well, not after you told me I got to drop some knowledge bombs. I’m a little nervous now, but we’re here.

Bob Dunn: Well, you’ve done a few already, so, I think you’re on a roll. What I’m going to ask Dre to give us a bit of a quick recap of the last three shows, and then I want him to introduce our second guest.

Our Last Three Security-focused Shows

Dre Armeda: Aw, snap, so we got a guest. This is going to get pretty awesome. I’m excited. Bob, thanks for having me again.