Shift4 Releases PABP Validated Versions of MICROS 3700 & 8700 Systems

According to Fortrex Technologies, Inc., a fast growing Visa Qualified Data Security Company (QDSC) and Qualified Payment Application Security Company (QPASC), the majority of its national clientele have significant vulnerabilities in their applications. In order to address these vulnerabilities, Visa USA developed a set of guidelines to be used in the development of payment applications (shopping carts, point-of-sale systems, property management systems, etc.). The guidelines, the Payment Application Best Practices (PABP), consist of 13 requirements that assist in securing the application against disclosing credit card information to unauthorized individuals. The problem is, while payment applications may cause the majority of the issues, they are not something that the merchant generally has direct control over. It is a problem that Shift4 found many of its existing customers were facing with their legacy MICROS systems. Therefore, Shift4 took it upon itself to design and create a secure version of both the MICROS 3700 and 8700 payment drivers. In creating secure versions of these applications, Shift4 utilized a combination of its Tokenization technology, which replaces the credit card number with a randomly generated unique ID, and data truncation. Tokenization eliminates the need to store credit card data anywhere in the system, enabling the systems to comply with the PABP requirements while still allowing for full reporting, incremental authorizations, credits and so forth. Shift4 had its MICROS 3700 and 8700 solutions independently audited by Fortrex Technologies, which validated both systems’ compliance with the PABP guidelines. The audit covers the 3.1 version of MICROS 3700 and all 2.11 through 2.8 versions of 8700. Shift4’s PABP validated 3700 and 8700 solutions support the complete feature suite of the MICROS system, while also offering integrated gift card, PIN debit, signature capture, customer initiated tip and dynamic currency conversion capabilities. In short, merchants not only get a more secure system, but one that comes with powerful additional functionality as well. The audit has been completed for both the 3700 and 8700 drivers and the report of the successful validation has been filed with Visa and is currently pending Visas approval and inclusion on the List of Validated Payment Applications on www.visa.com.