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When I was writing my [intlink id=”1578″ type=”page”]Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL[/intlink] book, I naturally did a bunch of research, particularly with regards to the various laws that apply. Understanding the programming behind an e-commerce site is relatively simple; understanding all the applicable laws and implications of doing e-commerce is complex. One of the sites I found to be quite useful was the U.S. Better Business Bureau (BBB).
I’m currently going through some items in my “to read” folder, and am reading, or perhaps re-reading, the Better Business Bureau’s PDF titled “Security & Privacy – Made Simpler“. If you do any e-commerce, or even just Web development, it’s worth reading. It’s a 22-page document that discusses almost every facet of e-commerce, such as:
- Developing a security and privacy plan
- Creating and communicating your security and privacy policies
- Good employee screening and policies
- Common hack/theft strategies
- General Internet security
- Proper handling of customer data
- Payment processing
- What to do in the event of a data breach
- A preview of international e-commerce considerations
The document also has many resources listed in these and other categories. You can download the PDF from that page, but there are also related FAQs and more on the BBB’s site.
In this edition…
- About This Newsletter
- What Are You Thinking? => Using JavaScript
- On the Web => Amazon Silk: A New Mobile Browser
- On the Web => Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie, in Memoriam
- On the Blog => Why There Are Few (No?) Good JavaScript Books
- Q&A => Could You Explain File Permissions?
- What is Larry Thinking => Sexism and Bad User Interface
- Book Giveaway => “PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide” (4th Edition)
- Larry Ullman’s Book News => “Modern JavaScript: Develop and Design”
In a previous post, I wrote about [intlink id=”2353″ type=”post”]using sessions in Yii-based sites[/intlink]. In this one, I’ll look at using cookies. Neither is that difficult, but as with all things regarding frameworks, the solution may not be obvious at first. And there are some ways to make use cookies in Yii in a more secure manner. Continue Reading…
Peachpit Press has published on their Web site my “Five Critical E-Commerce Security Tips in Five Days” series of blog postings. The specific postings are:
- Maintaining Secure Passwords: Five Critical E-Commerce Security Tips in Five Days
- Securely Handling File Uploads: Five Critical E-Commerce Security Tips in Five Days
- Have a Emergency Plan: Five Critical E-Commerce Security Tips in Five Days
- Validate, Validate, Validate: Five Critical E-Commerce Security Tips in Five Days
- Understand Your Hosting, Five Critical E-Commerce Security Tips in Five Days
The postings are in concert with my “Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL” book, although the information provided, from theory to actual code, should be useful whether you’ve read that book or not.
