encryption

appMobi is introducing cloudKey authentication solution and its immediate integration into appMobi’s 1Touch “single touch” payment system. A combination of 1Touch and cloudKey provides a secure and streamlined e-commerce experience, says the company statement.

First Data Corporation is partnering with VeriFone Systems on a new VeriFone edition of the First Data TransArmor solution for U.S. multi-lane and petroleum merchants.

The new solution will allow businesses who use VeriFone's MX 800 series of devices, Secure PumpPay and the Ruby point-of-sale (POS) solutions to take advantage of a complete security solution combining VeriFone's VeriShield encryption along with tokenization technology from RSA, the Security Division of EMC Corporation.

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has released separate guidance papers on the use of end-to-end (E2E) encryption and EMV technologies in a payment card data environment. The documents are intended to provide the market with greater clarity on how these two specific technologies relate to the PCI Security Standards and impact PCI DSS compliance.

Those Firefox users who concern about Internet eavesdropping can now get access to a new add-on, HTTPS Everywhere, offering encryption of their interaction with a variety of popular websites, including Facebook and Twitter.

HTTPS Everywhere represents the free add-on that is the result of a collaboration between the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Tor Project.

The sites with which the software works include Google, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Paypal, as well as content sites such as The new York Times, The Washington Post, and the EFF and Tor.

As Gary Locke, the US Commerce Secretary announced Monday, he has a firm belief the long-term health of the US economy would be positive despite concerns raised by the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.

“It's obviously a fragile economy and we're really feeling the effects of what's happening in Europe as well as some of the concerns on Asia, but the fundamentals of the US economy are strong,'' Locke said.

ProPay has added encryption and tokenization of Automated Clearing House (ACH) data (bank routing and account numbers) to its suite of ProtectPay services. According to the official report after ProPay captures, encrypts, and processes the ACH data, the data is replaced with a token which organizations can use for future transactions against the data.

Mocapay introduced its mobile solution that provides users with secure mobile payments regardless of hardware, tender type and transaction location.

"Our mobile payments platform ensures true anywhere, anytime mobile payments acceptance regardless of where the consumer wants to make a purchase or with which tender type the consumer chooses to use."

Transactions processed via Mocapay's "dynamic cryptogram" technology are executed in a simple and secure way with a one-time use and perishable authorization code.