Visa on Future of Payment Card Security

Presented by Fraud Summit San Francisco 2014 30 Minutes

Target and other high-profile retail data breaches have captured the attention of executives and policymakers alike. Beyond the financial consequences, there is one positive outcome: a renewed focus by financial institutions and retailers to advance payment system security. In this exclusive session from ISMG's San Francisco Fraud Summit, Visa's Ellen Richey discusses:

The complexity of the payments ecosystem;
How to improve payments security by de-valuing data;
The merits of merging security solutions, including EMV, tokenization and encryption.

Background

In the wake of the Target and Neiman Marcus data breaches, Visa's Ellen Richey, EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Enterprise Risk Officer at Visa Inc., appeared before the US Congress to discuss payments security.

During a March 26 hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Richey discussed steps to ensure card data is protected, and she emphasized why all industry players must take steps to enhance retail security. She also spoke about the security limitations of emerging chip cards and why Visa is pushing for more standardized use of tokenization.

"Our work is never done," Richey testified. "A critical first step is to limit the amount of data that needs to be protected. ... And strong data security remains fundamental."

Richey expanded this message at the SF Fraud Summit, where she focused on the future of payments security, stressing that card issuers, retailers, payments processors and others handling card data must go far beyond compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard to effectively fight fraud.

In this recording of her Fraud Summit presentation, Richey discusses:

The role enhanced analytics plays in fraud detection;
How Visa is working with other card brands to spur adoption of EMV in the U.S.;
Why tokenization is so critical for the security of e-commerce, card-not-present transactions.

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