Our Accreditations

Security surrounding transactions and credit card data is becoming even more important as time goes on. If you are a payment services provider, online retailer or any other business which transmits, processes or stores credit card transactions you are required to comply with stringent security standards.

HTEC have PCI DSS accreditation; PA DSS accreditation for our HydroPOS applications and PCT PTS for our payment entry devices. As is usual within the UK industry, all of our products meet EMV Level 1 and 2 accreditation as well as Common Criteria where appropriate.

PCI DSS

PCI-DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. It is a set of guidelines, measures and controls - developed by the PCI Council - to assist merchants to implement powerful security safety measures with regards to transaction data and storage.

HTEC is a level 1 PCI DSS compliant service provider. 

PA DSS

PA-DSS stands for Payment Application Data Security Standard. This was previously known as the Payment Application Best Practices (PABP). The PCI Security Standards Council developed this standard to provide definitive criteria for software companies developing payment applications - with the aim to prevent any developed payment applications from storing prohibited secure data.

HTEC have this accreditation on our HydraPOS, all payment terminals and our Outdoor Payment Terminals.

PCT PTS

PCT PTS (formerly PCI PED) covers PIN security and is targeted to enforce hardware of any device which accepts consumer PIN's and house encryption keys of the acquirer. This includes how the PED is produced, controlled, transported, stored and used throughout its lifetime.

As of 31st December 2007, acquirers and merchants were mandated to only deploy PCT PTS approved devices. By the 1st July 2010 they have also been mandated to remove any unapproved devices from service. After this date merchants could be fined for not being compliant to the PCT PTS standard, as well as being vulnerable to security threats.

HTEC have PCT PTS accreditation on all of our payment entry devices.

ISO 27001 & ISO 9001

HTEC has successfully attained the accreditation ISO/IEC 27001:2005 which provides a framework for organizations to manage the security of their information and business processes. The company has also been approved for the Quality Management System standard ISO 9001:2008.

For more information on the above standards, please visit the website for the PCI Security Standards Council