Second Party Fraud

Second party fraud, or money mules, is where a person allows another to use their identity or personal information to perform fraud. Businesses may find second party fraud difficult to detect and challenge since the identity of the person that is used to carry out fraud has largely allowed it to take place.


Secure Element

A Secure Element (SE) is a microprocessor chip which can store sensitive data and run secure apps such as payment. It acts as a vault, protecting what's inside the SE (applications and data) from malware attacks that are typical in the host (i.e. the device operating system).


Security Protocol

Security protocol, also called cryptographic protocol, could be described as a sequence of operations that ensure the protection of data. Used with a communications protocol, it provides secure delivery of data between two parties.


Security Threat and Risk Assessment

Security Threat and Risk Assessment can be defined as a technique that classifies the overall business and security risks with the aim of defining the competence of security controls, together with the service, in order to reduce the set of risks that appear for the business.


Security token

A security token is a physical device used to gain access to an electronically restricted resource. The token is used in addition to or in place of a password. It acts like an electronic key to access something. Some tokens may store cryptographic keys that may be used to generate a digital signature, or biometric data, such as fingerprint details.