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Security for retail and ecommerce.

You take payments and hold customer data at scale, so security and PCI compliance aren't optional. We help you protect the storefront, the checkout and the data behind them, and prove it.

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Why it's different for Retail & ecommerce

Retail and ecommerce run on customer trust and uptime. You process card payments, hold personal data, and present a large, public attack surface across web, mobile and APIs. A breach or an outage during peak season hits revenue directly, and the payment brands expect PCI DSS.

Real Threats

The actual risks.

E-commerce brands are highly exposed to transactional and storefront attacks. Key threats include Magecart-style digital skimming (where attackers inject malicious script to intercept payment card data at checkout), credential stuffing against customer account portals (aiming to steal loyalty points or stored payment details), and API manipulation of checkout flows. Denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks during peak holiday traffic represent a direct threat to revenue.

Compliance Drivers

What forces audits.

The absolute driver in retail is the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v4.0. E-commerce platforms must also comply with data privacy regulations such as the GDPR, CCPA, and India's DPDP Act to protect shopper accounts and transaction history. Merchant banks and payment processors require annual attestations of compliance to maintain merchant accounts.

Buyer Scenario

Why security buys.

A fast-growing direct-to-consumer (DTC) fashion retailer is preparing for its peak holiday sale. Their merchant bank warns of increased bot activity and flags that they must complete a formal PCI DSS self-assessment and a storefront penetration test to maintain their processing status. The retailer needs a partner to test their public APIs, secure their checkout pages, and ensure their serverless infrastructure complies with PCI requirements.

Frameworks that matter

What buyers in Retail & ecommerce expect.

How we help

One team across the work.

FAQ

Retail & ecommerce: common questions

Do we need PCI DSS?

If you store, process or transmit card-payment data, yes. We scope it tightly first, because the less of your environment that touches card data, the smaller the job.

How do we handle peak-season risk?

We test ahead of peak and keep monitoring through it, so a spike in traffic doesn't become a spike in incidents.

Our checkout uses a payment provider. Are we still at risk?

Often a reduced scope, but rarely zero. The storefront, accounts and APIs around the payment still matter, and we assess them.

Derisk. Build Trust.

Prove your security to Retail & ecommerce buyers.

Tell us what's prompting this, whether a questionnaire, an audit deadline or an investor ask. We reply within four business hours.

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