Shift4 Releases Card Information Replacement Technology Flash Movie

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 9, 2009) – Shift4 Corporation, a supplier of secure payment processing services, today unveiled a Flash movie detailing the use of innovative Card Information Replacement Technology^SM (CIRT) with Shift4's DOLLARS ON THE NET^® gateway. This movie provides a clear understanding of how Shift4 security solutions protect cardholder data (CHD) in electronic transactions for fast, reliable and secure payment processing.

Current Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards require CHD to be encrypted, truncated or masked when being stored. Although these methods serve to protect card information, traditional transaction processing can still leave sensitive data vulnerable. Shift4's DOLLARS ON THE NET is fully integrated with CIRT to provide a revolutionary new approach to securing sensitive CHD.

CIRT, which includes 4Go SafeSwipe™, i4Go™ and Tokenization technology, greatly simplifies the process of securing sensitive information by preventing it from being stored, processed or transmitted in the merchant environment.

Tokenization eliminates issues related to the storage of CHD. With Tokenization, the DOLLARS ON THE NET gateway assigns each transaction a unique, randomly generated ID, or Token. When a transaction is authorized, this Token is stored on the Point-of-Sale (POS) or Property Management System (PMS) server with the authorization code, replacing actual CHD for all subsequent transaction requests.

The Token merely references the real data and has no real value if stolen. The actual CHD is stored in Shift4's secure, PCI compliant data centers for up to 24 months to assist merchants with credits, incremental authorizations, tips and tabs, recurring billing, and book and ship authorizations.

4Go and i4Go are two solutions that eliminate the risk of CHD being compromised as it is transmitted over networks or stored in local log files. These applications effectively act as payment card information firewalls that prevent actual CHD from entering the system so it is never vulnerable to theft.

Intended for traditional merchants, 4Go runs on the POS/PMS terminal and captures payment card information before it even enters the POS/PMS application. In the world of eCommerce, i4Go functions similarly, intercepting CHD before it enters the merchant's website. The real CHD is securely transported to DOLLARS ON THE NET data centers while false information is returned and used to process the transaction.

“The best way to secure credit card information is not to store the data at all, which is the theory behind CIRT. Our security solutions, if implemented properly, effectively sanitize the merchant environment to provide Real Security and help Simplify PCI,” said Dave Oder, President and CEO, Shift4 Corporation.

To learn more about CIRT and Shift4's solutions in depth, you can access the flash movie on the Shift4 website at Card Information Replacement Technology (http://www.shift4.com/video/cirt.cfm).

About Shift4 Corporation

Shift4, a leading developer of secure payment processing software and services utilizing the Software as a Service (SaaS) model, provides real-time enterprise payment solutions for leaders in the hospitality, retail, food services, auto rental, mail/telephone order, and eCommerce markets. Leveraging connectivity to every major processor, DOLLARS ON THE NET provides both high-speed and low-cost authorizations and settlements for credit, debit, check, private label, and gift card transactions. DOLLARS ON THE NET also features the ability to access, review, report, and edit transactions prior to settlement combined with a searchable 24-month archive of transactions for retrieval and chargeback defense. Shift4 is an innovator in payment security, being the first to deliver a tokenization solution for long-term card data protection as well as 4Go® and i4Go® to protect payment data in transit and legacy applications.

Media Contact

Gianna A. Vivo
Shift4 Corporation
702-597-2480 ext. 43300
gvivo@shift4.com

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