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Omni-channel payment security – buzzwords, real world and evolution

Contact center management, PCI DSS
Written by Simon Beeching March 11, 2020

If you’re a contact center operations manager or responsible for IT or telephony, you’ll be used to being bombarded with buzzwords and ‘envisioning’ the contact center of the future. By now, you’re probably on your way to providing a ‘customer engagement center’, with multiple channels seamlessly integrated for tech-savvy consumers to switch between at will.  […]

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If you’re a contact center operations manager or responsible for IT or telephony, you’ll be used to being bombarded with buzzwords and ‘envisioning’ the contact center of the future. By now, you’re probably on your way to providing a ‘customer engagement center’, with multiple channels seamlessly integrated for tech-savvy consumers to switch between at will. 

How our telephony and SaaS experience helps support contact center payment security projects

Contact center management, PCI DSS, Telecoms
Written by Simon Beeching February 21, 2020

Syntec background Syntec was founded as a hospital bedside telephony company in 1998.  Whilst this business was subsequently sold off, we’d grown into a UK network operator, switching vast quantities of call traffic internationally on behalf of a growing customer base of call centers belonging to major merchants. We’d also diversified into providing proprietary, managed

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Syntec background Syntec was founded as a hospital bedside telephony company in 1998.  Whilst this business was subsequently sold off, we’d grown into a UK network operator, switching vast quantities of call traffic internationally on behalf of a growing customer base of call centers belonging to major merchants. We’d also diversified into providing proprietary, managed

Point-to-point encryption (P2PE) vs. DTMF masking for call center PCI DSS compliance

PCI DSS
Written by Danny Cresswell November 6, 2019

Call center managers face an array of technical solutions to meet the requirements of PCI DSS and the necessary protection of payment card data for their customers. Two solutions often considered by merchants are point-to-point encryption (P2PE) and DTMF masking. In this blog post I’ll consider the pros and cons of each option. Point-to-point encryption

Point-to-point encryption (P2PE) vs. DTMF masking for call center PCI DSS compliance Read More »

Call center managers face an array of technical solutions to meet the requirements of PCI DSS and the necessary protection of payment card data for their customers. Two solutions often considered by merchants are point-to-point encryption (P2PE) and DTMF masking. In this blog post I’ll consider the pros and cons of each option. Point-to-point encryption

John Greenwood’s top 5 takeaways from the new PCI guidelines

PCI DSS
Written by Simon Beeching March 15, 2019

“A real game changer” In November 2018, the global PCI Security Standards Council published its long-awaited new Information Supplement entitled Protecting Telephone-based Payment Card Data. John Greenwood, Executive Director of Compliance3 and a contributor to Syntec’s recent white paper on PCI DSS in contact centers sums up his views on the new guidelines as follows: “These

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“A real game changer” In November 2018, the global PCI Security Standards Council published its long-awaited new Information Supplement entitled Protecting Telephone-based Payment Card Data. John Greenwood, Executive Director of Compliance3 and a contributor to Syntec’s recent white paper on PCI DSS in contact centers sums up his views on the new guidelines as follows: “These

Latest research and PCI guidelines confirm that DTMF masking is the new standard in MOTO telephone payment security

GDPR, PCI DSS
Written by Simon Beeching December 3, 2018

It seems that major customer data breaches are hitting the headlines with increased frequency. British Airways, Ticketmaster, Sears, Adidas, Macys, Kmart, Delta Airlines, Best Buy and MyFitnessPal are just some of the big name brands that have been hit in 2018 so far, and of course Marriott announced last week a hack affecting up to

Latest research and PCI guidelines confirm that DTMF masking is the new standard in MOTO telephone payment security Read More »

It seems that major customer data breaches are hitting the headlines with increased frequency. British Airways, Ticketmaster, Sears, Adidas, Macys, Kmart, Delta Airlines, Best Buy and MyFitnessPal are just some of the big name brands that have been hit in 2018 so far, and of course Marriott announced last week a hack affecting up to

The PCI SSC issues new guidelines for telephone-based payment card data protection

PCI DSS
Written by Danny Cresswell November 28, 2018

The global Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), of which Syntec is a participating member organization, has just published its most important guidance on payment card data security in call centers and contact centers since 2011. Entitled ‘Protecting Telephone-Based Payment Card Data’, this brings up to date their guidance on how merchants should

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The global Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), of which Syntec is a participating member organization, has just published its most important guidance on payment card data security in call centers and contact centers since 2011. Entitled ‘Protecting Telephone-Based Payment Card Data’, this brings up to date their guidance on how merchants should