Security

How secure is WorldPay?

WorldPay uses state of the art security tools and techniques, both proprietary and unique, to ensure that you are protected against what is nowadays a virtually non-existent risk. Our systems also have inbuilt system redundancy and fault tolerance, to provide you with a virtually uninterrupted service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our systems have evolved over many years and throughout our history we have continuously sought and gained bank approval for our systems.

If the customer keys in their card details at home or in the office, surely they are not encrypted until after they arrive at the WorldPay system?

Using industry standard SSL, Thawte and WorldPay unique encryption systems, this is not actually the case. When the customer fills in the payment form and clicks the submit button, their details are not sent straight away. What actually happens is that a secure link is set up between the customers browser and WorldPay and an encryption code is requested and received, which then wraps the order and transaction details before leaving the customers premises.

What level of encryption do you have on the WorldPay server?

WorldPay use Thawte 2048 bit encryption systems. At the browser 128 Bit SSL is used.

Do WorldPay use SET?

WorldPay does not use SET as it is not an international standard. However, we do utilise our own variant of this to ensure our clients peace of mind.

What is a digital certificate?

A digital certificate is an electronic document that is passed between a browser and a server, in order to verify the sender's identity.

Can WorldPay handle multiple simultaneous transactions?

Yes, we have many machines that handle our transactions, each with their own secure connections to our processing banks. Should any individual machine be busy when your transaction request arrives, the next available machine will be used. This enables us to process any number of transactions quickly regardless of the number arriving for processing.

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