Case Study: Columbia Sportswear Company achieves PCI scope reduction and secures payment data with Voltage Security

Columbia Sportswear Company Invests in Flexible, Scalable Solution to Secure Payment Data

Columbia Sportswear Company, a global leader in outdoor apparel and footwear, needed a proven, reliable and scalable payment solution to secure cardholder data across its retail stores. The company wanted to eliminate or minimize storing payment data, reduce PCI audit scope, integrate with existing POS systems and maintain flexibility to support future growth and multiple processors.

Merchant Link, Voltage Security and Equinox Payments delivered a cloud-based solution: Equinox L5300 terminals with integrated contactless readers and remote PIN key injection, Voltage’s format-preserving and identity-based encryption at point of capture, and Merchant Link’s gateway, tokenization (TransactionVault™) and reporting (BizPortal™). The system was deployed in 14 weeks with minimal IT effort, removed live credit card data from Columbia’s environment, greatly reduced PCI scope, simplified audits and scaled for roll-out to all stores while preserving processor connectivity and settlement reporting.

Columbia Sportswear Company