Shoppi Cart is VISA Approved & PCI / PA-DSS Compliant Shopping Cart

Security of your store is now your personal responsibility. Shopping cart software is first and foremost about security and your first question should be “are you PA-DSS compliant?” Shoppi Cart is proud to be one of the few eCommerce applications to be both PA-DSS (Payment Application-Data Security Standard) and PCI compliant. As a merchant hosting your own store, using a PA-DSS eCommerce system is no longer something that is simply “nice to have.”

All merchants currently face a July 1, 2010 deadline (a deadline imposed by PCI SSC and all major credit card companies), at which time the systems they use to process credit card transactions must be “PA-DSS compliant;” meaning they must comply with new data security standards established by the PCI SSC (Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council). Merchants not using PA-DSS compliant systems by that date cannot technically be compliant with PCI standards and will be in danger of losing their merchant account; i.e., their right to accept credit card transactions (though this may only be discovered via a “forensic” assessment after a security breach).

PA-DSS represents a very specific set of requirements that systems must meet if they are to be used in processing credit cards. Systems must be audited by a PCI DSC approved assessor who will assign a “pass” or “fail” to the application. Those that pass will be put on an official list of PA-DSS compliant applications (available online at www.pcisecuritystandards.org).

These aforementioned Auditors (known as QSA’s) work with software vendors to ensure the application is secure and will pass PA-DSS compliance. Shoppi Cart’s Accessor is K3DES.

Merchants who are not PCI compliant are not only exposed to possible fines or penalties, but also run the risk of having their credit card privileges revoked. DO NOT RUN THE RISK OF FINES OR OF NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS ON YOUR SITE.

Make sure the eCommerce application you are using for your storefront is PA-DSS compliant. For more information about PA-DSS, please direct your browser to www.pcisecuritystandards.org.