The storefront is mostly other people's code
Themes, plugins, tag managers and analytics scripts all execute on the page where customers type their card details. That is an inherited attack surface nobody owns.
By industry
Payments and privacy, at checkout scale
Cardholder data, customer privacy, and the platforms that carry both.
Checkout handles card data and the rest of the estate handles everything you know about the customer. Both are regulated, by different regimes, and the plugin ecosystem underneath them is the part nobody is watching.
Where you are
The constraints at this stage
What tends to be true when companies come to us at this size.
Consent is a product problem
GDPR and the DPDP Act both require real consent and real notice, which means banners that actually gate tracking, and a record of what each customer agreed to and when.
Marketing data spreads faster than governance
Customer data reaches CRMs, ad platforms, warehouses and support tools long before anyone documents the flow or checks whether the processor agreements exist.
What we run for you
The work itself
Delivered by our specialists, not handed to you as a template pack.
GDPRLawful basis, notices, consent, data subject rights and the records of processing you have to produce on request.DPDP ActIndia's regime — consent, notice and the operational obligations that follow — mapped onto the same controls.VAPTTesting across the storefront, checkout and the integrations bolted onto them, from the attacker's perspective.Cloud SecurityPosture and access across the infrastructure carrying orders, customer records and payment traffic.Supply Chain SecurityThe plugins, scripts and processors you inherit — inventoried, assessed and monitored rather than trusted by default.
How the engagement works
What actually happens
The same four beats every time, scoped to what this stage needs.
Map the checkout and the customer data
Where card data flows, what executes on the payment page, and where personal data ends up afterwards. Usually the widest gap between assumption and reality.
Cut the scope
Reduce what touches card data and what third-party code runs at checkout. Smaller scope is cheaper to assess and materially safer.
Make consent real
Notice, consent capture and preference handling that actually gate tracking, with records that stand up to a regulator's question.
Test and keep testing
Penetration testing across storefront and integrations, retests after remediation, and monitoring of the third-party code that changes without you.
Proof
Track record
Across every engagement we have run, at every size.
0+
Companies Secured
Zero
Failed Audits
4-8
Weeks to Compliance
0+
Team Certifications
What you walk away with
The artefacts
Everything below is a thing you own at the end, not a promise about the process.
- Cardholder and personal data flow maps across storefront and back office
- A reduced, documented payment scope with segmentation evidence
- Records of processing, lawful basis and retention schedules
- A working consent and preference mechanism with auditable records
- Penetration test and retest reports across storefront and integrations
- An inventory of third-party scripts and plugins, with a review cadence
- Processor agreements in place across marketing, analytics and support tooling
Related
Where to go next
The problems this stage usually arrives with, and the services behind them.
Questions
What people ask at this stage
Almost certainly, though a much smaller one. Redirect and iframe checkouts move most storage and processing to the provider, but the page hosting the payment form is still in scope — which is exactly why third-party scripts on that page matter so much.
No. The controls are largely shared; what differs is notice wording, consent mechanics, retention and the records each regulator expects. We build one control set and handle the jurisdictional differences on top.
Inventory first — most stores cannot list what runs on their checkout. Then tier by what each one can access, remove what is not earning its place, and monitor the rest for changes, because third-party code updates without asking you.
At least annually, and after any significant change to checkout or the integrations around it. Payment pages change more often than most teams realise, usually through marketing tooling rather than deploys.
Secure the checkout and everything behind it.
Tell us what your stack looks like and which markets you sell into. We will tell you where the real exposure is.