Site Security

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• Trusted Commerce: Trustkeeper PCI Certification
• SSL
• Firewalls

Trusted Commerce: Trustkeeper PCI Certification

Book Depot Inc is enrolled in AmbironTrustWave's TrustKeeper remote compliance program to validate compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard supported by all the major credit card associations including: American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, MasterCard International, Visa International and Visa USA.

Payment Card Industry (PCI) is a set of rules and policies that must be followed to ensure data security and integrity. These policies govern how data must be handled and stored in order to ensure that it is kept secure at all times.

SSL

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It is the industry standard communication protocol used for transferring data securely between to computers on the internet. SSL is widely used by banks, the government and online merchants.

SSL encrypts all the data that is sent between your computer and our servers using 128-bit cryptogaphy. This professional strength algorithm ensures that nobody but you and us can read the information you enter.

Firewalls

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

A firewall's basic task is to transfer traffic between computer networks of different trust levels. Typical examples are the Internet which is a zone with no trust and an internal network which is a zone of higher trust. A zone with an intermediate trust level, situated between the Internet and a trusted internal network, is often referred to as a "perimeter network" or Demilitarized zone (DMZ).

A firewall's function within a network is similar to firewalls with fire door in building construction. In former case, it is used to prevent network intrusion to the private network. In latter case, it is intended to contain and delay structural fire from spreading to adjacent structures. An analogy of network firewall is a fire-resistance rated wall with a fire-resistance rated, self-closing, solid-core, inside unlockable, outside key-lockable door between a house and its attached garage.

Our company uses firewalls to ensure that once your data is inside our walls no one else can get at it. In addition we do not share your data with anyone outside our company.