In December 2019, the PCI SSC Council released documents on the PCI SSC Contactless Payments on Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) (CPoC™) program operated and managed by PCI Security Standards Council, LLC supporting the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Contactless Payments on COTS (CPoC™) Standard.
- Payment Card Industry (PCI) Contactless Payments on COTS (CPoC™) Program Guide Version 1.0 December 2019
- Payment Card Industry (PCI) Contactless Payments on COTS (CPoC™) Security and Test Requirements Version 1.0 December 2019
- Payment Card Industry (PCI) Contactless Payments on COTS (CPoC™) Technical FAQs for use with CPoC Standard Version 1
These documents describe:
- The program that has been instituted for contactless payments with credit cards.
- The security and testing requirements for vendors
- Technical FAQs
The documentation identifies the Labs that will test the COTS CPoC devices and applications for listing on the PCI SSC website post testing as approved vendor solutions.
To download these documents go to the PCI SSC document library and select filter by CPOC: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/document_library