When feasible, outsourcing the storage and handling of credit cards to a trusted, capable and PCI-compliant payment processing provider is the most secure and most budget-friendly course of action. Even when you outsource payment processing - the riskiest piece of running an e-commerce business - you still must ensure your hosting environment can deliver speed and scalability that meets user expectations and includes security measures that protect your shoppers from a damaging hacker encounter.
Following are the tools and services you should be looking for.
