Securing Sensitive Data With Vaultless Tokenization
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The Strategic Importance of Payments Data Ownership
Many organizations recognize the business value of payments, however they often overlook the strategic importance of payments data ownership. The benefits are increased company valuation, PSP downtime protection, de-banking protection, efficient payment orchestration and more.
Impact of PCI P2PE and Tokenization
PCI Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) and Tokenization are crucial tools for securing credit card data in flight and at rest. Learn about these crucial tools and the role they both play.
The State of Enterprise Readiness for PCI DSS 4.0
This report from S&P Global discusses the current state of payment data security and establishes a baseline for PCI DSS 4.0 readiness, based on survey data from enterprises across nearly a dozen industry verticals.
Payment Data Security: 5 Steps to a Strategic Plan
What you need to know to future-proof your cardholder data environment with a well-developed strategic plan.
Payment Data Security: 5 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Provider
Choosing a reliable partner to securely process payments, protect transaction data, and strike a balance between data protection and frictionless commerce is crucial for an organization. Here are five key questions to ask them.
The Rise in Ransomware | Preparing for a Potential Attack
Cause and effect, 2021 trends, key takeaways and implementing encryption and tokenization to prevent data compromise.
Using Bluefin’s ShieldConex® for Data Protection: Foregenix Review
Foregenix independent review on Bluefin’s ShieldConex data security platform for the protection of PII, PHI and financial data.
Formulating a Complete Payment and Data Security Approach
The rules, regulations and considerations around protecting PII, PHI and payment data and how encryption and tokenization work to provide an omnichannel security strategy.
P2PE for Petroleum and C-Stores
An overview of the first PCI-validated P2PE solution for petroleum and C-stores provided by Bluefin and industry partners.
P2PE in POI Environments: Scope, Cost, Benefits and Implementation
The merits of a layered approach to data security and fraud prevention, combining technologies such as EMV, PCI-validated P2PE and tokenization.
Navigating the Crossover in PCI Compliance with Nacha Data Regulations
Overview of Nacha’s data security requirements for ACH originators and third parties, overview of PCI guidelines to ensure compliance, and encryption / tokenization to address data security.
Impact of PCI P2PE – Bluefin White Paper Authored by Coalfire Systems Inc.
PCI DSS compliance, scope reduction, and cost-benefit analysis for PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE).
Formulating a Complete Payment and Data Security Approach in Healthcare
The rules, regulations and considerations around protecting PHI, PII and payment data in the healthcare environment and how encryption and tokenization work to provide an omnichannel security strategy.
Optimizing Payment Acceptance Across Campus
Case Study Featuring University of California (UCLA)
Securing Payments For Member-Based Organizations
Case Study Featuring Christensen Computer Company
Utility Software Specialist Streamlines Bill Pay Systems
Case Study Featuring Continental Utility Solutions (CUSI)
PCI P2PE for International
Case Study featuring PriceSmart, Bluefin and First Atlantic Commerce (FAC)
Data Breaches and the State of Healthcare
Most breaches involve PHI (protected health information) and PII (personally identifiable patient information), which cybercriminals use to commit fraud or sell on the dark web. The HIPPA Journal reports that 95% of all identity theft incidents come from stolen healthcare records. This information is worth about 50 times more than credit card information.
Top 5 Reasons To Use Tokenization for Payment and Data Security
With data breaches on the rise and cyberattacks threatening businesses worldwide, payment tokenization offers a robust solution, ensuring secure, efficient, and customer-friendly payment processing. Our infographic highlights the key benefits of tokenization, from boosting sensitive data security to achieving payment processor independence, providing essential insights to stay ahead of cyber threats.
General State of Data Breaches in Higher Education in 2022
Colleges and universities have recently been hit hard by a series of challenges: funding concerns, remote-learning programs, COVID restrictions—and now ransomware attacks and data breaches. In fact, higher education cyberattacks can be even more damaging and costly, thanks to a lack of IT resources and budget in these organizations.
The State of Healthcare Data Breaches
Data breaches threaten providers’ ability to deliver care and operate efficiently, as well as their reputations. Although hospitals have implemented security protocols, data breaches remain common. In fact, the number of reported healthcare breaches in 2021 increased by 19%. There were 905 reported in 2021 compared to 758 in 2020.
The Gold Standard in POS Payment Security: PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption
Bluefin secures point-of-sale (POS) payments with the highest level of security available, PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE). Learn why P2PE is the best choice for protecting countertop, mobile, call center and unattended payments.
Webinar On Demand
PCI DSS 4.0 and E-Commerce – An Update on Fraud Prevention and Security
Featured Speakers: Brent Johnson, CISO; Josh Garrick, Director of Information Security and Compliance; Jennifer Jonckheere, VP Solutions Engineering and Integrations
In this webinar, Bluefin discusses PCI DSS 4.0 readiness as well as fraud trends that can impact higher education, including:
- Requirements for P2PE solutions in version 4.0
- Navigating a university’s readiness for the guidelines
- Requirements for ecommerce merchants using redirects to hosted order pages (SAQ-A)
- The challenges universities face supporting multiple departments, websites, and servers across campus
- Methods to manage and implement those requirements in a centralized manner, such as using a “pivot server” to control all the redirects
- The importance of a multi-faceted, strategic approach to combat fraud and an overview of available tools
Webinar on Demand
Introducing The New P2PE Manager®
P2PE Manager delivers one single point of record for all of your company-wide assets that fall under PCI compliance requirements.
During this webinar, we will review new front-end design changes, including an improved user interface, updated navigation, and new dashboards.
We will also review user best practices, tips, and tricks, including:
- How to handle P2PE devices with different statuses
- Value-added integrations with ServiceNow
Webinar On Demand
How Guardian Dentistry Partners Enables Secure Payment Acceptance for Dental Practice Partners
In this joint webinar, we explore how Guardian Dentistry Partners integrated payments capabilities can enable dental practice partners to:
- More easily adhere to PCI requirements and reduce overall PCI scope
- Simplify auditing efforts and back-office payment operations
- More easily reconcile and report on payment activity
- Provide a streamlined patient payment experience
Webinar On Demand
Bluefin’s Account Updater
Maintaining credit and debit cards on file can be complex, costly and time consuming since cards frequently expire or are reissued. Bluefin’s Account Updater, powered by CardSync, seamlessly retrieves updated card information from card issuers when a customer’s card is expired, lost or reissued, with no action required on the merchant or consumer’s end.
Webinar On Demand
Bluefin’s ACH Account Verification Service
Nacha now requires that companies originating ACH transactions validate the first use of an account number, or changes to an account number. Bluefin has partnered with MicroBilt, a preferred Nacha partner, to provide our clients with seamless account verification directly through PayConex™.
Webinar on Demand
Protecting PHI, PII and payment data with encryption and tokenization
2021 was a record year for data breaches and ransomware attacks. One of the most frequently targeted industries is healthcare because of the large amount of PHI, PII and payment data being accepted. While a breach or ransomware attack cannot always be prevented, healthcare organizations can ensure that their payment and sensitive patient is devalued with technologies including encryption and tokenization. Watch our HIMSS webinar on March 8th to learn more about how these two technologies work together to devalue data upon intake, in transit and in storage, while meeting data privacy regulations and reducing PCI scope.
Bluefin Webinar on Demand
Customer authentication, anti-fraud and chargeback tools for Bluefin clients
The pandemic has brought many changes to the way that people pay, including more Ecommerce and mobile payments. While the rise of online commerce brings new opportunities for revenue, it can also increase the threat of fraud attempts and chargebacks. In the webinar detail new products available through Bluefin and our PayConex™ gateway, including Apple Pay / Google Pay, 3-D Secure, and our fraud and chargeback management platforms.
Webinar on Demand
Securing Payments Across the C-Store Environment with PCI-Validated P2PE
Every year, the number of cyberattacks rise and the number of records compromised soar, while the threat landscape continues to expand. The number of cards reissued and consumer dissatisfaction with a lack of payment and data protection has also grown.Hit particularly hard have been petroleum and convenience stores (C-stores). With the mandate for EMV compliance and the fact that the petroleum space has been last in implementing payment security technologies, today’s hackers and fraudsters are now more than ever targeting this vulnerable sector. View our educational webinar on demand on how PCI-validated P2PE can secure petroleum and C-store transactions.
Bluefin Webinar
The Silver Bullet for Ecommerce Security: 3DS, Encryption and Tokenization
On January 26th, Bluefin and our partner, PAAY, hosted a webinar on our new security solution set that eliminates the threat of hackers and online fraud, while providing regulatory compliance. The solution set combines 3D Secure (3DS), hardware-based encryption, and vaultless tokenization to provide merchants a liability shift, strong customer authentication, data confidentiality, and compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2).
Bluefin Webinar on Demand
Automating your bookkeeping with Bluefin and Synder
Industry leader Synder and Bluefin offer a seamless QuickBooks/Xero integration through our PayConex™ payment gateway. Our webinar overviews this great tool that promises to save your business time and money, while providing an immediate return on investment (ROI). Learn more about how you can seamlessly integrate your QuickBooks installation with PayConex payments.
Bluefin Webinar on Demand
Securing Higher Education Payments and Sensitive Data with Encryption and Tokenization
With malware and ransomware attacks poised to significantly increase in 2021, it’s more important than ever that higher education institutions implement a holistic payment cybersecurity strategy. View our webinar with Educause to learn about the strategies, products, and solutions that colleges and universities can deploy across campus to protect payment and sensitive data, including PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) for POS payments and tokenization for the intake of online payment, PII, and PHI data.
Bluefin Webinar on Demand
P2PE in POI Environments: Scope, Cost, Benefits and Implementation
The webinar discusses the POI/POS threat landscape, while explaining the differences between certified and non-certified encryption solutions, benefits of PCI-validated P2PE solutions in POI environments, and the roles of tokenization, EMV and P2PE in protecting data.
ShieldConex Proxy Service
Tokenization 101
ShieldConex®
PayConex™
Decryptx®
PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE)
P2PE Manager®
P2PE Manager’s ServiceNow integration
From Pump to POS: Why P2PE is Petroleum’s New Security Standard
Every swipe, dip, and tap at your fuel pumps and convenience store counters presents a double-edged sword. These transactions fuel…
Bluefin Expands Agreement with Moneris to Streamline P2PE Solutions for Canadian Merchants
Enhanced P2PE helps Canadian merchants reduce PCI compliance scope and provide the highest levels of PCI data security Atlanta, GA…
Freedom from Payment Processor Lock-in
Bluefin, a pioneer in safeguarding sensitive data and proud Merchant Advisory Group (MAG) member, exhibited at the MAG Payments Conference…
How Mobile Wallets Boost Security, Convenience and Inclusion for Bill Payments
As featured on paymentsnext.com, Brent Jonson, Bluefin’s Chief Information Security Officer, delves into how mobile wallets boost security, convenience, and…
Revolutionizing North American Payments: Bluefin and Sunmi’s Game-Changing Partnership
Picture this: A bustling deli in New York, a trendy boutique in Los Angeles, or a tech startup in Silicon…
Protecting PHI Data at the Pharmacy
Today’s consumers care very much about convenience, but also expect dependability when it comes to the services they choose. To…
IBM Data Breach’s Report – Costs Jump 10%
IBM has released its annual Cost of a Data Breach report, revealing that data breach costs have increased 10% from…
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First Data Test Cards/Triggers
First Data Rapid Connect Test Cards/Cases
EMV GoChip SDK
PHP Class File / SDK
Bluefin .NET 4.5
SDK Hosted Payment Page
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