Benefits for Business

First Data helps your business dramatically increase payment security and reduce risk using state-of-the-art Data Protection to safeguard merchants and consumers from the risks of transmitting and storing vulnerable card data at your location.

• Multiple layers of protection make cardholder data significantly more secure

• Reduce risk and address the root cause of data security issues

• Decrease your liability for breaches and enjoy the extra security of a limited warranty

• Reduce PCI compliance scope, effort and cost

• Easy implementation and maintenance, which enables IT to focus on broader business initiatives
   

Key Components

• Combined public/private encryption and tokenization to protect data at every processing stage

• The use of the token number to replace the cardholder data virtually eliminates the sensitive data within the merchant environment

• Full access to the format-preserving tokenized card data for business and marketing uses

• Limited warranty against compromise of the token number, including fraudulent use outside of the merchant systems environment*

*Compliance with association rules and PCI DSS required.