Payment Systems & Security Architecture
PCI DSS Level 1 compliance, P2PE point-to-point encryption, secure gateway integration, and field-device security across public transit, utilities, and citizen services.
Payment security architecture from field device to cloud.
Designing payment systems that minimise compliance scope and secure cardholder data.
Accepting card payments in public services, transit validators, and contact centres brings strict PCI DSS audit obligations. Without intentional architecture, payment scope bleeds into corporate networks, database servers, and agent desktops, dramatically raising compliance costs and vulnerability risks.
With P2PE (Point-to-Point Encryption) and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), clear cardholder data is encrypted at the exact point of interaction and decrypted only in certified Hardware Security Environments, isolating your merchant network from PCI scope.
- National Transport Authority (NGT P2PE Architecture)
- Abtran (Level 1 PCI DSS Contact Centre IVR)
- Electric Ireland & ESB Payment Gateways
- Irish Water Secure Customer Channels
Payment Security Workstreams
P2PE Point-to-Point Encryption
Architecting P2PE encryption boundaries across transport validators and POS devices so clear PAN data never enters merchant networks or back-office clouds.
PCI DSS Level 1 Compliance
Design, network segmentation, HSM key management, logging, and QSA audit preparation for Level 1 service providers processing millions of card transactions annually.
Field Device & Hardware Security
Chain-of-trust architecture for field devices: HSM master key generation, signed firmware boot verification, tamper-evident seals, and remote certificate lifecycle.
IVR & Contact Centre Payment Isolation
DTMF suppression, IVR payment transfer segmentation, and agent desktop isolation so contact centre staff never see or hear cardholder digits.
Discuss your payment security & PCI compliance
Whether you need P2PE architecture for transit field devices, PCI DSS Level 1 guidance, or secure payment gateway integration, we'd like to hear from you.