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Best security practices for online rentals? [closed]
Sites like adorn.com, bag borrow and steal, and rent the runway all allow users to rent very expensive items for a short period of time. I'm curious how they all protect against consumer fraud?
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what is the best way to convince your prospect that cloud hosting is Safe
We have product hosted in Cloud Server.Now when we speak to our prospects some of them have concerns on how safe and secure is Cloud.
What is the best way to convince them that hosting in cloud server ...
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Security as a monetization option [closed]
Given a "Could file sharing" service, is it feasible to provide non-secure (http) service for free, whereas if you need to store and transfer important data, you pay for secure service (https) a ...
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Risks of a website that lets users meet up?
I'm looking into creating a website which would be based on users meeting up (nope, not another dating site!). The obvious worry here is users meeting crazy people and bad things happening. Is there ...
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Legal or Ethical Responsibility to Safely Store Passwords
I'm working as a technical advisor to a start-up company. The company licenses its product (a web and mobile application) to large groups of people who then use it for a relatively short period of ...
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What do you build in your e-commerce site to gain consumer trust?
I'm co-founding a start-up that is developing an e-commerce app. We're trying to decide what features to build in that shoppers would expect to see in order to feel comfortable submitting credit card ...
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SSL Certificates
For an e-commerce site accepting payment information, I am being told I need to get an SSL Certificate. My hosting provider offers it for $99/year plus $25 initiation. Prices vary greatly -- e.g. ...
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Why are code-signing (and SSL) certificates so expensive?
I was looking for cheap code-signing certificates, but all I saw were over $100/year. I think the same applies to SSL certificates.
I read some references to insurance coverage amounts, maybe to be ...
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Security breach and data loss insurance?
I would've thought that this is the #1 requested insurance for businesses. However, I cannot find much information if such insurance exists. Errors and Omissions insurance does not cover security ...
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What are the best practices to protect sensitive user data from being misused by the engineers in a start up?
If a start up is storing sensitive user data in it's databases, how should the company protect it from it's engineers accessing it unnecessarily and misusing it?
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What QA & security steps to take before launching web app?
I've seen plenty of questions dealing with beta testing, marketing, market research and so on.
My question is which practical quality assurance and security steps should a web app or service make ...
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Should security updates be free?
A customer has found a serious security flaw in my software, over a year after their support period has ended. Should I provide a free update?
The upgrade price is substantial, so I don't want to ...
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What's the most efficient and cost-effective way to become PCI compliant?
I'm working on a business-to-business web app.
About a year ago we gave our users the ability to charge credit cards (from customers calling them over the phone) directly within our software system.
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New Web App / Website - Authentication
(Not sure if this was a programming or startup question, but I will ask you guys)
Authentication on a new website:
Should I go with OpenId, or use my own Forms-based authentication. My website is ...
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Website security
Last Saturday my site received an unusually high volume of brute force attacks. Yep, those darn teens from Western Europe or smart scripts from academic towns in Siberia, trying tirelessly to break ...
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Verisign vs. Thawte? Looking for advice
Our SSL certificate with Thawte is about to expire and I was wondering if this is still the best route.
Any recommendations?
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How to Secure A CD Product
I have an idea to launch tutorials on CDs but is it possible to bypass someone being able to just burn the disc? I was thinking: Incorporate something that uses an online account so they must log in ...
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Separate Banking for Personal and Business
Are there any advantages to banking at different institutions for your personal and business accounts? If so, what's your strategy?
Are there any disadvantages?
I was initially thinking along the ...
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No-touch sign up security risk?
Hello Everyone:
My SaaS startup is considering implementing a new sign-up procedure, but we're worried about security and false accounts.
Current Method:
Prospect fills out free trial form
We get an ...
