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# Understanding your P2PE device

Learn how PCI-validated point-to-point encryption protects card data.

Your credit card machine uses PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE).

P2PE encrypts sensitive card data when a customer swipes, dips, keys, or taps a card. The data remains encrypted until it reaches Xplor Pay’s PCI-compliant data center.

### How your business benefits

P2PE reduces your exposure to sensitive card data. This can significantly reduce your PCI scope.

Xplor Pay’s P2PE solution is validated by the PCI Security Standards Council. You do not need to complete vulnerability scans. You can use the shortest available PCI questionnaire, the SAQ P2PE.

### How your customers benefit

P2PE helps protect sensitive card data during a breach. Hackers and thieves cannot decipher the encrypted data.

For more information, see the [Xplor Pay P2PE manual](https://xplorpay.com/P2PE-Manual).


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