Glossary

The SPVA glossary is provided to educate our members about the latest industry terms and definitions. Sorted in alphabetical order.

• Associate Member — SPVA membership is open to any person(s) who have products or solutions that interact with secure POS payment terminals
• EMVCo — A global standard for credit and debit payment cards based on chip card technology
• General Member — SPVA membership is open to any person(s) whose primary focus is the development of secure POS payment terminals. Member must have at least one payment terminal listed on the PCI-SSC “approved PIN Entry Device” web page at the following URL: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/ped/pedapprovallist.html
• Management Committee — Consists of 5 Directors
• PCI Data Security Standard — PCI DSS; is a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security
• PCI DSS — PCI Data Security Standard; is a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security
• PCI Security Standards Council — An open global forum for the ongoing development, enhancement, storage, dissemination and implementation of security standards for account data protection.
• PED — PIN Entry Device
• PIN Entry Device — PED
• Secure POS Vendor Alliance — SPVA
• SPVA — Secure POS Vendor Alliance
• Technical Working Group — TWG
• TWG — Technical Working Group