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PCI Validated P2PE – 3 Years in North America, What Has Changed?

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PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) is an integral security component in devaluing data, since it encrypts credit card information at the Point of Interaction (POI) in a PCI-approved P2PE device and decryption is done in hardware and outside of the merchant environment. Malware and its Role in Data Breaches.

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Passwords: End Of An Error

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As with many things in the payment security space, it’s not always simple to make significant changes to core processes as it requires consumer adoption, which can be challenging to communicate to cardholders. They provide robust encryption security, whereas the internet is an open platform where anyone can buy a domain.