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In addition, Rasori noted that the PowaPIN device, which Herbig added that the company is focusing on shorter
is smaller than the palm of a typical woman's hand, studies "so we can push out information and education
supports all verification methods, including chip and PIN, quickly to merchants and their service providers to better
chip and sign, swipe and PIN, and swipe and sign. "And service them."
it's all PCI compliant," he said.
For example, ControlScan's mobile study was in its second
year last year and was very well received, according to
"Many POS configurations are all Herbig. "We're going to recalibrate with that study and
separate pieces with separate power home in on specific segments of mobile payments to
figure out how small merchants are dealing with mobile,"
connectors and pieces, separate PIN she said. "We've seen a significant increase year over year
pad devices, and they're expensive, of merchants adopting tablet and smartphone devices to
unreliable and look terrible. We've accept payments, so we want to delve into that."
created an all-in-one solution with At the show, ControlScan was also touting two recent
all pieces in one small footprint, partnerships. Just days before Transact 14 began, the
using a single power cable." company heralded its new partnership with Plano, Texas-
based iScan Online to address security issues that arise
– Paul Rasori due to consumer-grade mobile-device use in small to
Powa Technologies midsize business environments. Via this new relationship,
ControlScan created ProTect Mobile, a tool for securing
Apple iOS and Google Android mobile devices.
ControlScan executives: ProTect Mobile is a mobile scanning solution acquirers
can make available to merchants so they can scan mobile
Joan Herbig, Chief Executive Officer devices being used in their operations; it provides the
Stacey Holleran, Senior Manager, ability to detect vulnerabilities and protects cardholder
Corporate Communications data; it looks for information on the device that should not
be stored and alerts merchants to the presence of that data,
Herbig said.
Per the second partnership, announced during the
show, ControlScan is now working with Israel-based
EverCompliant, which provides merchant security risk
and compliance management solutions. The aim of this
partnership is to provide acquirers leading-edge brand
protection monitorin
Payment security and compliance solution provider
ControlScan has historically researched acquirers' PCI "We're going to … home in on
practices, as well as merchants' views on security and specific segments of mobile
compliance.
payments to figure out how small
"Now we're looking at new avenues," Stacey Holleran, the merchants are dealing with mobile.
company's Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, We've seen a significant increase
told The Green Sheet at Transact 14. "We surveyed small
merchants to find out what they're thinking about year over year of merchants
Windows XP, whether they were aware Microsoft was adopting tablet and smartphone
going to end support for XP ... if they knew they were devices to accept payments, so we
running XP or had no clue what they were running ... to
find out where they were at, so we could meet them with want to delve into that."
educational content and help acquirers with educational
content as well." – Joan Herbig
ControlScan
ControlScan found that 93 to 94 percent of merchants
surveyed knew XP support was going to expire, but less
than half said they were concerned about the security
ramifications.
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In addition, Rasori noted that the PowaPIN device, which Herbig added that the company is focusing on shorter
is smaller than the palm of a typical woman's hand, studies "so we can push out information and education
supports all verification methods, including chip and PIN, quickly to merchants and their service providers to better
chip and sign, swipe and PIN, and swipe and sign. "And service them."
it's all PCI compliant," he said.
For example, ControlScan's mobile study was in its second
year last year and was very well received, according to
"Many POS configurations are all Herbig. "We're going to recalibrate with that study and
separate pieces with separate power home in on specific segments of mobile payments to
figure out how small merchants are dealing with mobile,"
connectors and pieces, separate PIN she said. "We've seen a significant increase year over year
pad devices, and they're expensive, of merchants adopting tablet and smartphone devices to
unreliable and look terrible. We've accept payments, so we want to delve into that."
created an all-in-one solution with At the show, ControlScan was also touting two recent
all pieces in one small footprint, partnerships. Just days before Transact 14 began, the
using a single power cable." company heralded its new partnership with Plano, Texas-
based iScan Online to address security issues that arise
– Paul Rasori due to consumer-grade mobile-device use in small to
Powa Technologies midsize business environments. Via this new relationship,
ControlScan created ProTect Mobile, a tool for securing
Apple iOS and Google Android mobile devices.
ControlScan executives: ProTect Mobile is a mobile scanning solution acquirers
can make available to merchants so they can scan mobile
Joan Herbig, Chief Executive Officer devices being used in their operations; it provides the
Stacey Holleran, Senior Manager, ability to detect vulnerabilities and protects cardholder
Corporate Communications data; it looks for information on the device that should not
be stored and alerts merchants to the presence of that data,
Herbig said.
Per the second partnership, announced during the
show, ControlScan is now working with Israel-based
EverCompliant, which provides merchant security risk
and compliance management solutions. The aim of this
partnership is to provide acquirers leading-edge brand
protection monitorin
Payment security and compliance solution provider
ControlScan has historically researched acquirers' PCI "We're going to … home in on
practices, as well as merchants' views on security and specific segments of mobile
compliance.
payments to figure out how small
"Now we're looking at new avenues," Stacey Holleran, the merchants are dealing with mobile.
company's Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, We've seen a significant increase
told The Green Sheet at Transact 14. "We surveyed small
merchants to find out what they're thinking about year over year of merchants
Windows XP, whether they were aware Microsoft was adopting tablet and smartphone
going to end support for XP ... if they knew they were devices to accept payments, so we
running XP or had no clue what they were running ... to
find out where they were at, so we could meet them with want to delve into that."
educational content and help acquirers with educational
content as well." – Joan Herbig
ControlScan
ControlScan found that 93 to 94 percent of merchants
surveyed knew XP support was going to expire, but less
than half said they were concerned about the security
ramifications.
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