Not-for-profit organisation the Secure POS
Vendor Alliance (SPVA) has announced a partnership with information
security evaluation provider Witham Laboratories to provide the
testing and developing of end-to-end encryption security
technology.
The deal will see Witham Laboratories serve as
SPVA’s first Lab Network member and will focus on the testing of
SPVA’s end-to-end encryption security requirements.
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Key areas that are covered by the SPVA
approved standard that will be tested by Witham Laboratories
include; encryption monitoring and management systems, key
management, physical and logistical security of TRSM and key
components and data encryption.
“Payment data remains constantly under threat
by hackers, and end-to-end encryption represents one of the best
ways to ensure the protection of customers’ card data,” said Mario
Sist, operations manager at Witham Laboratories.
The SPVA Lab Network is designed to facilitate
the identification and closing of gaps in the security payment
process compliance by ensuring applied processes and aspects of the
technology are subject to independent verification and adhere to
industry standard guidelines.
The end result will be greater levels of
security to protect the cardholder’s information through the
reduction of the risk of fraud and the protection of merchants and
acquirers against security breaches.
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