A device, where the device is located remotely from a contactless media device and communicates with the contactless media device via an interface device, the interface device communicating with the contactless media device via a contactless interface, the device comprising: one or more processors to: receive a request from the interface device to read information from and/or write information to a contactless media device, the request being caused by an input provided by a user interacting with interface device to identify a transaction to be performed in association with the contactless media device, wherein the transaction refers to reading information from and/or writing information to contactless media device; perform a first authentication operation, wherein the contactless media device and the device communicate, via the interface device, to authenticate one another using a high security mode key; after successful first authentication, provide an instruction to cause the contactless media device to set a security mode to a high security mode where communications between the contactless media device and the device are secured via encryption; perform a second authentication operation, wherein the contactless media device and the device further authenticate one another using a transaction key, the transaction key being different from the high security mode key; after successful second authentication, read first secured information from or write second secured information to the contactless media device, the second secured information being secured based on the security mode of the contactless media device being set to the high security mode; validate that the first secured information has been read from the contactless media device by comparing the information to stored information and/or by determining whether the information matches a particular format or that the second secured information has been written to the contactless media device by requesting that the information be written to contactless media device, reading the written information from contactless media device, and verifying that the information to be written and the read information match; and when the transactions have completed, perform a third authentication operation, wherein the contactless media device and the device authenticate one another using a low security mode key; after successful third authentication, provide an instruction to cause the contactless media device to set the security mode to a low security mode where transmissions are not encrypted. receive a request from the interface device to read information from and/or write information to a contactless media device, the request being caused by an input provided by a user interacting with interface device to identify a transaction to be performed in association with the contactless media device, wherein the transaction refers to reading information from and/or writing information to contactless media device; perform a first authentication operation, wherein the contactless media device and the device communicate, via the interface device, to authenticate one another using a high security mode key; after successful first authentication, provide an instruction to cause the contactless media device to set a security mode to a high security mode where communications between the contactless media device and the device are secured via encryption; perform a second authentication operation, wherein the contactless media device and the device further authenticate one another using a transaction key, the transaction key being different from the high security mode key; after successful second authentication, read first secured information from or write second secured information to the contactless media device, the second secured information being secured based on the security mode of the contactless media device being set to the high security mode; validate that the first secured information has been read from the contactless media device by comparing the information to stored information and/or by determining whether the information matches a particular format or that the second secured information has been written to the contactless media device by requesting that the information be written to contactless media device, reading the written information from contactless media device, and verifying that the information to be written and the read information match; and when the transactions have completed, perform a third authentication operation, wherein the contactless media device and the device authenticate one another using a low security mode key; after successful third authentication, provide an instruction to cause the contactless media device to set the security mode to a low security mode where transmissions are not encrypted.