Hacking Point of Sale – Payment Application Secrets, Threats, and Solutions

Implement bulletproof point of sale security for your payment transactions

Hacking Point of Sale takes a unique look at point of sale security from the viewpoint of your business, not a credit card company. The book provides proven techniques that are designed to help brick-and-mortar merchants properly protect their entire in-store payment infrastructure. The book also includes a POS vulnerability rank calculator to help you perform a risk assessment and security control evaluation as you implement recommendations to improve your existing infrastructure.

• Eliminate breaches in security related to design flaws and physical vulnerabilities
• Use point-to-point encryption to protect your front-end and back-end payment systems
• Close gaps in protection provided by PCI security standards
• Understand the anatomy of a credit card and how payment cards can be compromised
• Explore the most relevant standards for payment application security, including PCI, FIPS, ANSI, EMV, and ISO
• Get practical recommendations on powerful payment application security controls designed to protect against a wide array of common breach attempts