What is SoftPOS, and is it Secure?
SoftPOS, software-based point of sale (POS), allows merchants to accept contactless payments on commercial devices. It benefits them by eliminating the need to invest in and maintain additional payment devices. However, merchants may have concerns about data security, PCI compliance, and the role they play in protecting payment data. This blog answers the common questions merchants have about SoftPOS security.
4 Reasons to use PCI-Validated P2PE
PCI-validated P2PE (point-to-point encryption) is a vital part of a merchant’s network security strategy. Cybercrime is a continual threat to retailers, restaurateurs, and other consumer-facing businesses — accepting payment cards and storing payment data put them in hackers’ cross-hairs. P2PE encrypts payment data from the moment the consumer initiates payment until it is decrypted by […]
Retailers experiencing boom in data breaches
“Recent data breach” is an often search term of late. It seems not a day goes by without word of a major retailer being attacked by a cybercriminal. The numbers certainly seem to suggest as much, as last year, there was nearly a 45 percent increase in data breaches for business…