The Secure Remote Payment Council (SRPc) was recently formed to work to keep debit transactions on the web and mobile commerce secure. Membership in the SRPc is open to any entity that does business in the eCommerce and mobile payments.
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The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) will conduct Cyber Attack Against Payment Processes (CAPP), an exercise to measure the ability of financial institutions, payment processors, businesses and retailers to respond and recover from major cyber incidents. The national simulation exercise, slated for February 9-11 2010, will be a virtual tabletop exercise to raise awareness, evaluate responses rates and look for ways to improve in the case of a real attack.
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Visa encourages all merchants to accept data field encrypted (i.e., end-to-end encryption) payments for increased security of cardholder data. For more information, read the news release and the best practices whitepaper that includes recommendations for evaluating security solutions to compliment PCI compliance.
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"…the year's biggest security invention was, to turn the phrase around, the child of necessity. Heartland Payment Systems takes the honor for its work to further secure its systems, and the rest of the payments chain, with end-to-end encryption."
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Bob Carr, Heartland chairman and chief executive officer, was invited to testify before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Monday, September 14, 2009. At the hearing titled "Cyber
Attacks: Protecting Industry Against Growing Threats," Carr shared information about Heartland's efforts to secure cardholder and payment account information through new technology innovation. He also discussed ongoing industry collaboration and information sharing. Watch his testimony, beginning at the 37:00 mark.
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Mercator Advisory Group’s report, End-to-End Encryption: The Acquiring Side Responds to Data Loss and PCI Compliance, looks at end-to-end encryption as a solution for growing cyber threats. The report examines how E2EE addresses the needs of merchants, consumers and processors. Heartland’s E3 solution is included in this report.
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Download this white paper for an in-depth look at the complete security solution. This paper addresses how information is handled in each zone, innovative key management, and includes important questions to ask of other security solutions.
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