Point-To-Point Encryption(P2PE)

Encryption technology that ensures cardholder data is protected from card swipe all the way through to the issuing banks. The purpose of P2PE is to address the risk of unauthorized interception associated with cardholder data-in-motion during the transmission from the POS terminal to the payment processor/banks. The current modern algorithms are divided into two categories based on the encryption key method -symmetric (same secret key on both ends) and asymmetric or public key (combination of public key and a unique private key).