| PCI Compliance by removing POS from PCI equation
Leading Global Beauty Salon undertook internal audit of its payment card security as per the PCI guidelines across its stores globally.. One of the action items from this audit was to implement a solution to help remove the store POS from PCI scope.
The Solution: Keep POS out of PCI scope
The store management reached out to TalentBeat, Inc. after consideration from Industry experts that whizPay product might provide them a viable solution. They had already explored a number of options, including certification of their existing system. The management team worked to determine how their existing POS system would interact with whizPay to achieve this goal
The Result: Seamless Conversion to new system
In 2008 whizPay team began work with there IT team. A 15 member team began to define and finalize overall requirement of project. Its job was to identify the system, identify where credit card data was being stored. In few months after conversion of records the store management removed customer credit card number column from its entire database.
whizPay™ payment gateway enabled them process transactions securely. The unique architecture of the system helped them to remove the store POS from the PCI governance. This feature has enabled them to reduce costs associated to Software up gradation, Antivirus scan, and hardening of operating system of POS. They were able to make the most of encryption algorithm that utilizes a unique key on each POS device for sensitive data encryption.
The final switchover was expected. The data conversion had no impact on their in-store systems and on transaction speed. Soon after deployment of whizPay product they passed there PCI-DSS audit. The projects ultimate objective – to help store management achieve PCI compliance in few months – had been achieved.
Additionally, whizPay deployment helped the Beauty Salon Chain significant cost savings bye removing the store POS from PCI equation. A typical POS maintenance as part of PCI averages to 210 USD a year and this was a significant cost saving by opting with the whizPay solution.
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