LaGarde® StoreFront® Becomes First e-Commerce Platform To Achieve Visa CISP Validation
Industry-Leading Platform Gives Merchants Turnkey Compliance with Visa’s CISP (Cardholder Information Security Program) Mandates
Kansas City, KS – LaGarde®, makers of the industry leading StoreFront® e-commerce platform, today announced that StoreFront has achieved validation with Visa’s Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) Payment Application Best Practices. LaGarde was the first licensed e-commerce application to achieve validation and the only e-commerce software solutions provider to offer a turnkey solution for compliance.
As banks and their merchant customers face looming penalties for non-compliance with Visa’s Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) requirements, the availability of compliant vendor solutions has become a critical issue. StoreFront’s CISP validation means credit card acquirers and online merchants now have a comprehensive e-commerce solution that assures total security for cardholder information as it passes through the online store environment.
“We are pleased to once again demonstrate our long standing reputation for industry leading security initiatives in e-business,” said Bob LaGarde, CEO and founder of LaGarde. “Working with Visa to help shape the requirements that will govern the security standards that LaGarde and its merchant customers must adhere to provides a real advantage for our customers. We have a better insight into the standards and how they will impact merchants and have built solutions to address them.”
The availability of compliant solutions is an important ingredient in the card associations’ efforts to help underwriters and merchants achieve a proper level of security in their credit card operations. Online retailers, motivated by their customer’s demands for protection, scrutiny from acquiring banks, and the possibility of significant fines from VISA, will look to solutions providers who can support their needs for CISP compliance.
In the small and mid-market segment, turnkey solutions play an even more important role in helping merchants achieve compliance. Retailers with large Visa transaction volume may have more internal resources to focus on compliance issues; however, the intermediate and smaller retailers simply have not had all of the necessary tools to meet compliance requirements.
With validation from Visa providing the framework, StoreFront has assembled all of the necessary components for an end-to-end compliant solution, including secure hosting, compliant payment solutions including support for VISA and MasterCard payer authentication, and audited and validated e-commerce software. Together these provide a single vendor solution for online retailers of all sizes to meet CISP requirements at an affordable price point.
About LaGarde®: Founded in 1996, LaGarde is a leading global provider of e-business solutions. LaGarde’s StoreFront software products and services offer robust, feature-rich solutions to develop and maintain e-business sites that deliver high-end functionality at an affordable price point. LaGarde offers advanced e-business solutions, easy shopping cart services, e-commerce software for developers, and enterprise e-commerce solutions for high volume sellers. StoreFront powers nearly 50,000 Web stores in over 70 countries around the world. For more information, visit www.StoreFront.net or call 800-943-5823.
LaGarde, StoreFront and StoreFront Now are either registered trademarks or trademarks of LaGarde Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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