SMARTCON® 2-3 day EMV Training course

Learn the most important concepts of the EMV technology

 

Understand what happens in each stage of an EMV transaction and what are the roles of cards, terminals and hosts. Synchronize the knowledge of your team, increasing considerably its productivity.

 

At terminal level:

• Understand how application selection works and how terminals can be configured to accept EMV applications
• Learn what are the different authentication mechanisms defined by EMV – Static Data Authentication (SDA), Dynamic Data Authentication (DDA) and Combined DDA (CDA)
• Learn what are the cardholder authentication methods (CAM) defined by EMV and how they can be configured by the Issuer
• Understand how EMV terminals instruct cards to sign transaction data and produce “cryptograms‟
• Learn the differences between off-line and on-line transactions
• Understand how terminals communicate with hosts and how host scripts are sent to cards
• Understand the interactions between EMV and Near Field Communications (NFC) technologies

At card level:

• Learn how cards are personalized, how keys and data are generated
• Understand the differences between SDA (low cost) and DDA/CDA (high end) cards and the applications (VSDC, M/Chip, etc.) deployed by the brands
• Learn about the new Common Core Definitions (CCD) and Common Payment Application (CPA) card applications proposed by EMVCo

At host level:

• Understand how EMV hosts work, how cryptograms are validated, how authorization responses are encoded before being sent to cards
• Learn the differences between “zero-grade”, “partial-grade” and “full-grade” networks
• Understand how EMV scripting works and how administrative commands such as PIN unblock and PIN change are created and protected

EMV beyond the point of sale

• Understand how EMV is being used in novel scenarios such as Internet and mobile payments

Training details:

• Optional EMV Workshop: hands-on experience: SMARTCON offers an unique optional module –an EMV workshop – where trainees can work with real cards, real terminals and inspect real data, operating SMARTCON EMV software tools developed specifically to facilitate EMV learning
• Who should be trained?: Understand how EMV is being used in novel scenarios such as Internet and mobile payments
• What are the prerequisites?: There are no formal pre-requisites, however, a general understanding of payment applications is desirable
• How the course is organized?: The course is organized in a typical 2-3 days session, depending on the size of the class and required program
• In-company or out-company?: SMARTCON can deliver the training at your facility (in-company) or in a external facility. You choose.

Why SMARTCON?: We have more than 10 years of practical experience with EMV and have implemented EMV products at all levels. Few companies in the wolrd have our integrated expertise at host, terminal and card levels.