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Gemalto's MacIC3 POS terminals meet MasterCard security specifications

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Digital security provider Gemalto’s line of MagIC3 POS terminals have achieved independent certification to comply with MasterCard’s Payment Terminal Security program. This security evaluation applies to the TCP/IP protocol suite, which incorporates the MagIC Open&Sec technology running on Linux and offers high-speed transactions, as well as connection and communication flexibility without compromising security.


Objective of the MasterCard International Payment Terminal Security program for IP-enabled POS devices is to ensure the necessary level of protection for transaction and cardholder data at merchants that use equipment that support the TCP/IP protocol suite. The security evaluation verifies that POS devices meet the relevant MasterCard requirements in terms of confidentiality, integrity and communicating parties’ authentication, with a three-year validity period.

Since the commercial launch in November 2006, the MagIC³ product range has been particularly well received in emerging markets. The MagIC³ full range certification confirms the orientation Gemalto has taken with the MCI PTS certification of X1000 GPRS, the previous range of payment terminals. [end] 

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