Your business will be regularly assessed against these security guidelines, so it’s best to understand how it can impact your day-to-day tasks and responsibilities. If you’re using a point-of-sale device (POS) that’s more than a few years old, chances are it’s not protecting you against potential threats in adherence to current security standards. One way to simplify your security is to start with a modern POS, specifically one that is PCI PTS (Payment Card Industry PIN Transaction Security) certified. Think of PTS certification like PCI compliance for payment terminals. POS providers like our partners at Clover provide payment terminals and can submit their machines for inspection and certification to make sure that a third party will not be able to access cardholder and PIN information. All Clover point-of-sale devices are PTS certified, taking much of the burden of PCI compliance off of busy merchants. One of the critical points of PTS certification is point-to-point encryption (P2PE). Having built-in P2PE, as merchants with current Clover POS systems do, will make the entire process of certifying PCI compliance much easier.