The Problem

Today’s bankcard networks are generally considered to be highly reliable and secure. However, cardholder data is typically unencrypted — visible in clear text — as it leaves a merchant’s terminal and makes its way through the payments network. At certain points in its journey, the data is potentially exposed — making it valuable prey for the scores of professional hackers who have developed increasingly sophisticated and technically savvy methods of hijacking it. Press reports of compromised systems over the past several years are stark testimony to the success of these criminals.

The E3™ Solution

E3, an end-to-end encryption product by Heartland Payment Systems, is designed to protect credit and debit card data from the moment of card swipe or key entry — and through the Heartland network — not just at certain points of the transaction flow. E3 provides the highest degree of security available — with no extra fees.

Learn more about how E3 can help protect your business.

 

Recent News

  • Heartland CIO Steve Elefant details the dangers of skimming and how encryption helps protect business owners in this interview with The Reporter Read More
  • The industry itself is heading in the direction of end-to-end encryption. Read More
  • Steve Elefant Named One of Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2011 Read More

See what business owners are saying about E3

"The E3 terminal ... has really put it [the credit card security issue] from the forefront of our mind into the back."
— Brian Hackford, Keswick Cycle Co.
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Coalfire Report

E3 can reduce risk, costs
and PCI scope.

Learn more about key findings from Coalfire Systems' independent security assessments of E3 here. Learn More

We conclude that the E3 system is well-designed and the overall security architecture is sufficient to prevent most practical attacks. - Independent Security Evaluators
 

E3 Blog: Recent Posts

 

Bank Technology News ranked Heartland as the #1 innovator on its FutureNow List in recognition of E3, an end-to-end encryption technology designed to provide the highest degree of protection for sensitive payment account data in the marketplace today — "this year's biggest security invention."
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