EMV Transactions: Module 2 - Intermediate
Learn about cryptography and the EMV transaction flow.
Continue your journey into the exciting world of EMV with the 2nd module of our flagship course 'Fast track to EMV transaction expertise", and learn about cryptography and the EMV transaction flow.
The complete course bridges the knowledge gap between IT and EMV .
The 4 modules together build up our "Fast track to EMV transaction expertise" course, and are equivalent to a 2-day course with a highly experienced instructor, and learning outcomes are reached with taught lessons, quizzes and 20 practical exercises with the guided analysis of 50+ transaction logs
Duration
EMV Module 2 is a 4-hour course that focuses on the cryptographic elements that make EMV so secure and on the sequence of steps that make up an EMV transaction.
Intended audience
This 2nd module is quite technical, and can be taken by anyone with basic IT knowledge who wants to start a journey towards EMV transaction expertise. We strongly advise completing Module 1 before taking this Module 2.
The course was built with the following audience in mind: people who need strong EMV technical knowledge to be effective and efficient in their work. This includes roles in the following areas:
- Payment terminal EMV certification
- Payment terminal integration
- Payment terminal development or quality assurance
- Troubleshooting transaction failures for banks or acquirers
- Chip card issuance
- Chip card development or quality assurance
- Consulting in any of the areas above
Unique learning approach
The learning path is one of increasing complexity, with building blocks to construct the EMV knowledge, and practical exercises and quizzes to keep students engaged. The complete course contains 20 practical exercises with the guided analysis of 50+ transaction logs.
The EMV Module 2 course starts with some technical fundamentals; this is to ensure that students have a solid IT base for EMV, and is supplemented with practical exercises.
The course next takes a deep dive into the cryptography that is relevant to EMV; it is not trying to make the student a cryptography expert, but it is important to understand the problems that EMV is looking to solve, what solutions were chosen, and their impact on payment transactions.
The course then moves to the high-level transaction flow to see how the parts fit together.
Course Curriculum
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Start03-01. Flow overview
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Start03-02. Selecting an application
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Preview03-03. Getting the processing options
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Start03-04. Reading card data
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Start03-05. Authenticating the card
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Start03-06. Authenticating the cardholder
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Start03-07. First card decision
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Start03-08. Validating the issuer decision
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Start03-09. Second card decision
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Start03-10. Updating the card
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StartChapter 3 Quiz
Your Instructor
I have a passion for helping people reach their full potential. As a strong believer of the concept of sustainable leadership, I can feel the pain of employees who cannot perform at their best because of the difficulty of knowledge transfer. In my previous role in product marketing for a very complex payment simulator, I was faced with bridging this knowledge gap on a regular basis. The payment industry is one where the barrier to entry is high, and it should not be this way because it hinders growth for everyone.
My most prized accomplishment in my career is the development of a formalized payment education program for South Africa, which has seen over a hundred students with IT backgrounds turned into payment experts able to proficiently operate our payment simulator. This was made possible thanks to many other education experiences, technical or process-oriented.
Because I am an INTJ in the Myers-Briggs model, you can be sure that the content of my courses is fully thought-out and takes into consideration all aspects needed to reach the targets. I am really good at putting myself in my students’ shoes, to find the path that will take them from where they are to where they want to be.
Want to know more about my credentials?
During my 10 years of strong, technical experience in the card payment industry, I worked in development and QA for the two leading chip card manufacturers, Gemalto and Oberthur. I also held a position of security analyst for EMV products in a lab, which provided a deep understanding of the internal working of payment cards.
My longest position was with Acquirer Systems, a small company which created the best, and most complete, payment simulator on the market (it now belongs to UL). During that time, I held just about every position that there is to fill in a small company, doing software development, QA, customer support, then moving to consulting, pre-sales and education. I built a complete library of deep, technical knowledge in all aspects of card payment transactions, from the card in your pocket to the authorization by the banks.
I am also fully qualified for the positions I have held until now, and fully prepared for the challenges of the future. I hold an MSc in engineering from a French college, and an Executive MBA from Trinity College Dublin.