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SCRW smart card reader/writer device

Security

What is SCRW (Smart Card Reader Writer)?

SCRW (Smart Card Reader Writer) can be translated as Smart Card Reader/Writer. Smart chip card readers are sophisticated devices with built-in intelligence, usable in PCs, laptops, servers, smartphones, and set-top boxes.

Illustration representing credit card fraud and online payment security risks

Fraud

What is Fraud? What are the Types of Fraud?

With the growth of credit and debit card usage and rising e-commerce transaction volumes, there has been a serious increase in exploiting user negligence to harm customers. Fraud means using someone else's card at a merchant or ATM to gain unjust profit.

Card skimming device attached to an ATM card reader slot

Fraud

What Is Card Skimming?

Card skimming is the theft of card information by copying it with the help of a device. Because data inside the chip is very difficult to steal, chip cards are far more secure than magnetic-stripe cards. Turkey is very advanced in card security technology.

Illustration of a contactless payment card being tapped on a POS terminal

Contactless

What is Magnetic Stripe Data (MSD)?

As end users, we have come to love contactless payments, which are becoming a bigger part of daily life. So what features let contactless cards make payments without touching the POS terminal? There are two classes: MSD cards and Contactless EMV cards.

Secure card storage and tokenization illustration

Merchant & POS

What Is Card Storage?

Card storage is a system, secured with PCI DSS certification, for storing credit and debit card details safely. It saves consumers from entering their card details again and again on frequent purchases.

Credit card with a built-in fingerprint sensor for biometric cardholder verification

Credit Card

Who Wouldn't Want a Credit Card with a Biometric Reader?

Card security is critical in card payment systems. Chip&Pin curbed much fraud, but gaps remain. Cornercard, Gemalto and Visa launched Switzerland's first credit card with a built-in fingerprint reader. Here is how it works.

Diagram illustrating the role of a Secure Element Issuer in mobile payments

HSM & Security

What is a Secure Element Issuer?

Secure Element Issuer is the stakeholder that provides, maintains, and updates the secure element in cases where mobile payment application and card data are stored in the secure element inside a mobile phone.

GO Secure Payment logo

Merchant & POS

What Is Secure Payment (GO)?

GO Secure Payment is a system developed by BKM that verifies cardholders using a one-time password (OTP) during online purchases made with TROY cards, providing banks with a secure verification platform without needing to store card data.

PCI Security Standards Council overview

Security

What is PCI SSC?

It is an organization aimed at developing, managing, teaching, and raising awareness of security standards in the Card Payments Industry. The PCI Security Standards Council is also an open global forum for data security standards.

Illustration of data leakage channels and risks leading to fraud

Fraud

What are data leakage frauds?

Data leakage is the intentional or accidental exposure of sensitive data through any channel where it is stored, processed or transmitted. This post covers its three main causes and the DLP solutions used to prevent it.

PCI DSS Qualified Security Assessor illustration

Security

What Is a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA)?

A Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) is a person approved by the PCI Security Standards Council to audit merchants for compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.