Security


Windcave take payment security seriously. We have robust encryption measures in place, so when you are using any one of our ecommerce payment methods, or our EFTPOS and Unattended terminals, you will always have peace of mind that card holder data is never breached.

Windcave believes in continually staying ahead of the game when it comes to data security, while your current integration may work now, if Windcave deprecates certain cipher suites or protocol versions, you will no longer be able to process payments. To ensure that your integration remains stable, secure and PCI compliant, please follow the best practice guidelines below and keep up to date with upcoming changes.

Windcave has a dedicated and technically competent support centre, offering a full range of support services.

Windcave have a dedicated and purpose built development and data centre, specially designed for payments processing. We have invested and continue to re-invest in state of the art, bank grade security and infrastructure, and are fully certified as Visa AIS and MasterCard SDP (PCI DSS) compliant at processor level; using an approved QSA for quarterly scans on systems and full onsite audits, annually. All sensitive information is encrypted with the 3DES protocol, using financial Hardware Security Modules.

Windcave believes in continually staying ahead of the game when it comes to data security, while your current integration may work now, if Windcave deprecates certain cipher suites or protocol versions, you will no longer be able to process payments. To ensure that your integration remains stable, secure and PCI compliant, please follow the best practice guidelines below and keep up to date with upcoming changes.

Reduce fraud and protect your business from chargebacks. 3D secure v2 (and its predecessor 3D secure v1) are authentication tools designed to combat fraudulent online payment transactions by shifting liability of chargebacks onto the card issuing bank. 3D secure v2 reduces the friction of authentication previously associated with its predecessor (3D secure v1) by increasing data sharing between merchants and card issuers in a non-intrusive way and supporting modern authentication method like two-factor (SMS) and biometrics.

Overview of assurance risk and fraud management