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Certificates

PCI DSS Level 1 Certified (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)

• Avangate services are PCI DSS Level 1 certified (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). PCI DSS is the most important security standard for the card payment industry and includes a set of comprehensive requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures.
• PCI DSS was developed by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc., to help facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis.

Secure ordering

• Avangate holds a VeriSign certificate for secure SSL (Secure Socket Layer) orders.

3-D Secure vendor/client protection

• Avangate ordering system uses Verified by Visa/MasterCard Secure Code authentication to give enhanced protection both to buyers and merchants.

McAfee Secure

• McAfee SECURE web sites have passed a set of rigorous daily security scans that helps address the security concerns like hackers stealing the confidential information. The McAfee SECURE mark appears only when a website's security meets the highest security scanning standards of the U.S. government, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB.

Official information

PCI DSS – official Website
	Verified by VISA - Download the PDF version (342KB)
	MasterCard SecureCode - Download the PDF version (1777KB)