Avangate Services are PCI DSS Level 1 Certified (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). PCI DSS is the most important security standard for the card payment industry and includes a set of comprehensive requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures.

PCI DSS was developed by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc., to help facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis.

Benefits of the 3-D Secure system (Verified by Visa and MasterCard Secure Code):

• More security for online transactions.
• Only the cardholder can finalize the online payment.
• Highly reduces the risk for fraud both for merchants and enrolled cardholders.
• Less chargebacks and less related costs.

24/7 Double-Check Antifraud Systems - Proprietary anti-fraud filters are an important component of Avangate. Information given by the buyer along with his behavior during payment are analyzed by intelligent algorithms, resulting in a final fraud score.

Elements like history of buyer's data, ordered products, amounts spent, time spent in the payment interfaces, issuing bank (along with geographical address of the buyer and IP), delivery address, and other undisclosed elements are taken into account. For high fraud risk orders, Avangate specialists apply specific manual screening procedures.

Avangate is using the reliable "Extended Validation SSL" and the "Green URL Bar" from VeriSign to show your customers that their transactions are secure and to increase trust. Therefore, any user accessing secure.avangate.com with a newer browser (Internet Explorer 7+ or Firefox 3+ or Opera 9+) will get a green URL bar which is an Extended Validated SSL Certificate from VeriSign, an effective defense against phishing scams.

Because in time, phishing scams and online fraud have created doubt and concern among online shoppers, we have decided to assure them once again that all their transactions are safe by adding the "Extended Validation SSL" from VeriSign. This way, your customers will learn to look for the green bar before entering sensitive information online.

Orders processed on secure Avangate servers - Orders are placed in a secure ecommerce environment using SSL certificates (Secure Socket Layer) on 128 bytes.

McAfee SECURE - The Avangate website and ordering interface have passed the McAfee SECURE rigorous daily security scans that help address security concerns like hackers stealing confidential information.

The McAfee SECURE mark appears only when a website's security meets the highest security scanning standards of the U.S. government, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB.

Improve your store credibility with the McAfee SECURE logo.