eBay, iTunes, PayPal these are just a few of the places that most of us enter our credit card and personal information every day. Since the internet became an integral part of each of our lives, the treat of identity theft is a daily reality for all but the most paranoid of internet users.
While we assume that the sites listed above are secure, how many of us have in fact checked to see to what lengths these companies go to keep their users information safe from hackers? Im sure very few.
Because we cant count on our registrants to be careful when entering information onto the registration website, as event planners, we must make sure that we do the research to ensure that our registrants information is safe with our online registration company. We want to send potential registrants to a site that portrays our event in a positive light. This means a website designed to our specifications, with professional quality and ease of use. But, most importantly, it means knowing that all information put online for our event will be safe from identity thieves.
One of the most important aspects of a strong security system is frequent testing and monitoring of those...