apHarmony offers Authorize.NET integration. Whether you are looking to integrate Authorize.NET into an existing online store or web application, fix problems in an Authorize.NET implementation, or even develop a completely new payment processing application, we will be happy to bring our team to your software project. Please feel free to give us a call at 630-855-7522 for a free evaluation and quote.

Authorize.NET provides a flexible and full-featured online payment processing solution. Web sites and applications can either forward their payment processing to Authorize.NET, or directly handle the full transaction and simply pass the payment processing component to the payment gateway. Regardless of the method, the most important element of a payment processing integration is PCI compliance.

The PCI standard is a set of rules that need to be adhered to by payment processors. The standard covers security regulations, privacy, disaster recovery, and data safeguards. Without PCI compliance, online vendors could be subject to legal implications in case of data breach and loss of credit card information. Larger online stores with a multi-server infrastructure and network administrative team can achieve PCI compliance, and must audit their systems and procedures on a regular basis to ensure compliance. For smaller stores, however, it is vital to structure the online store implementation is such a way as to avoid falling under the PCI umbrella. The online store must be built to ensure that no credit card information is stored, or even transferred through the store web systems. Credit card numbers and other protected information should be sent directly to the gateway's servers for secure processing. In addition, a secure back-end feedback mechanism should be built, ideally to two-stage authentication, to verify that transactions were properly processed on return from the payment processor.

For a free evaluation and quote on an Authorize.NET implementation, please feel free to give us a call at 630-855-7522.