Ruston Miles

Keeping up with new retail trends shouldn’t come at the cost of keeping personal information safe, says Bluefin's Ruston Miles.

While validating the card itself can protect merchants from accepting fraudulent cards at the point of sale, it does not protect the actual data on the card itself from being intercepted in the POS device, says Bluefin's Rustin Miles.

Nonlisted encryption solutions are designed for easier deployment, but often lack many of the key attributes of PCI-listed point-to-point encryption products, writes Ruston Miles, founder and chief strategy officer of Bluefin.

POS payment encryption products are widely available and have been for many years, from technologies designed to secure card data from the point it is entered into the payment terminal, writes Ruston Miles, founder and chief strategy officer of Bluefin Payment Systems.