This year’s Cyber Monday is expected to be the largest single day for online shopping this year and is also expected to beat last year’s record breaking 24 hours. According to IBM last year Cyber Monday sales grew by 33% on the previous year while Comscore reported that total sales for that one day in 2011 amounted to $1.25 billion.
So, with more of us buying online (and with the spread of Cyber Monday around the world) what should shoppers do to protect themselves, and their wallets, when buying online?
Dermot Williams, the Managing Director of Threatscape gave us his top ten tips for protecting yourself this Cyber Monday. Dermot and Threatscape have some pedigree in this area – the company specialises in protecting and advising multinationals, government departments, and large corporations about IT security and data communications. It was the first UK and Irish company to obtain Symantec Enterprise Security Specialisation and Symantec Platinum Partner status and is now one of only three companies in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to hold such a position.
Dermot Williams, Managing Director of Threatscape, during a security panel discussion in the Cloud Stage at the 2012 Web Summit.
Here are Dermot’s ten tips for protecting your bank accounts when shopping online
Look for the padlock: When providing personal data online, ESPECIALLY credit card details, make sure your connection to the web site is ‘secured’ – typically indicated by a padlock symbol in your browser’s border (not the page itself) and the letters ‘https://’ at the start of the address. If your browser displays a ‘certificate error’, be wary as that often indicates a fake site trying to impersonate a legitimate retailer to fool victims.
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