Creating, promoting, and following best practices help enhance online safety, data security, privacy, and brand and consumer protection. Organizations of all sizes should apply these efforts, following a review of their respective legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
Note: The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) is no longer an active project. The best practices are preserved for historical purposes but is no longer being updated.
Optimize TLS implementation using information gleaned from public tools. This includes eliminating use of insecure ciphers and older, insecure...
Basic Notice/Disclosure Make sure the privacy statement has a link and is easily discoverable from the home page. Place...
Email is a vibrant channel for marketers to connect with consumers on many fronts, providing an important value exchange...
The Internet of Things (IoT) has found its way into all aspects of our lives. In particular, consumer IoT...
Complete risk assessments for executive review, operational process and third-party vendors Review security best practices and validate your organization’s...
About Botnets A “bot” or “botnet” is a program installed on a system to enable that system to automatically...
We increasingly live, interact, and do business online, making the concept of online trust more important than ever before....
E-commerce has grown at exponential rates, with consumers recognizing the convenience of purchasing online and making secure and private...
Email security, authentication, and related best practices are the foundation of the Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance work to...
The Internet of Things is changing the way we live, from increasing our energy efficiency (and saving money on...
Industry Best Practices OTA provides best practices, resources, and guidance to help enhance online safety, data security, privacy, and...
As mobile usage and application development continues to grow, the need to adopt best practices in data security, app...