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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Philip T. Mellinger, Ellicot City, MD (US);
Robert G. Degen, Parker, CO (US);
Philip T. Mellinger, Ellicot City, MD (US);
Robert G. Degen, Parker, CO (US);
First Data Corporation, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for assessing a security risk for a merchant entity having connectivity to a shared network. Information describing characteristics of the merchant entity are received from the merchant entity. A determination is made which test requirements of a security test scheme are to be used in assessing the security risk for the merchant entity. The security test scheme includes a set of test requirements whose satisfaction by the merchant entity is sufficient to ensure compliance with a multiple sets of security requirements defined by multiple payment-processing organizations. The security test scheme is executed with a security compliance authority server in accordance with the determined test requirements.