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PCI Compliance


PCI Security Standards Council The PCI Security Standards Council’s mission is to enhance payment account data security by driving education and awareness of the PCI Security Standards.

The main objective of PCI is to protect customer account data by developing protocols regarding

  • Multifaceted Security Standard
  • Security Management
  • Transaction Procedures
  • Network Architecture
  • Software Design
  • Critical Protective Measures

The PCI Security Council has set various rules and put regulations into effect that must be met. Merchants and their Service Providers can have their processing capabilities revoked or find themselves out of business if they fail to comply. Member banks are stepping up their enforcement.

  • Requirements must be met within certain time frames
  • Fines for not complying in a timely manner
  • Security breaches
  • Network Architecture
  • Software Design
  • Critical Protective Measures

The PCI Security Standards Council has developed three separate standards that govern the payment card industry

Ecosystem of payment devices, applications, infractructure and users
  • PCI DSS - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
  • PA DSS - Payment Application Data Security Standard
  • PCI PED -Payment Card Industry PIN Entry Device

Elite ensures your continued compliance with all the current PCI standards.


Eliminate the worry by utilizing a wide range of PA DSS applications paired with a PCI DSS Level 1 Payment Gateway and PCI PED devices


At Elite, we're PCI Security experts so you don’t have to be! Security Mandates by the PCI Security Council


  • 01/1/2008 – New merchants cannot use vulnerable payment applications
  • 10/1/2008 – New Level 3 and 4 merchants must be PCI DSS compliant
  • 10/1/2009 – Processors must decertify all vulnerable payment applications
  • 07/1/2010 – All merchants must use DSS compliant payment applications

With our security solutions offerings, Elite helps merchants to easily achieve PCI compliance. By providing access to PCI DSS Level 1 certified payment gateway, merchants have a variety of valuable, affordable, and functional payment platforms available. The range of payment solutions include secure wireless POS terminals (Spectra, VeriFone, RIM 950, and many others), software for Windows®, payment software designed for use with QuickBooks®, and mobile point of sale software for smartphones (BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, J2ME).



PA DSS


The requirements for the PA DSS were derived from the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and the PCI DSS Security Audit Procedures. These documents, which can be found at www.pcisecuritystandards.org, detail the requirements to become PCI DSS compliant (and therefore what a payment application must support to facilitate a merchant's PCI DSS compliance) and should be used as a reference for the PCI DSS and supporting documentation.


Elite is dedicated to delivering the highest quality and highest security to all of its valued customers and prides itself on having PA DSS validated card payment applications. When implemented in a PCI DSS-compliant environment, our secure payment applications will minimize the potential for security breaches that lead to the compromise of magnetic stripe data, card validation codes, PINs, and the fraud resulting from these breaches. *



Elite has access to 10 PCI PA DSS Validated Payment Applications:

  • Software for BlackBerry® Smartphones
  • Software for Windows Mobile® Smartphones
  • Software for Java® ME Smartphones
  • Software for Android Smartphones
  • Software Designed for Use with QuickBooks®
  • Software for Use with Windows® OS
  • Software for Spectra Terminals
  • Software for VeriFone® Terminals
  • Software for RIM® 950 devices


PCI DSS


The PCI DSS is a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures. This comprehensive standard is intended to help organizations proactively protect customer account data. **


Elite provides access to PCI DSS Level 1 payment gateway for all transactions.



Securing Payment Data

  • Elite provides access to PCI PA DSS compliant software applications
  • Elite maintains access to PCI DSS Level 1 certified and audited facilities
  • Only 128 bit keys are accepted
  • HTTPS
  • SSLv3 support
  • Elite provides support for PCI PED devices
  • Elite ensures security with a digital signature for every transaction under the Visa® TAP program rules


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