This tool relates to the secure encryption of credit cards in the IDPMS database. This tool should not be used unless an Amadeus Representative is present or gives instructions to do so.
IDPMS is a property management system which can deal with sensitive card holder account information. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) has developed security standards for handling card holder information in a standard called the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS). The security requirements defined in the DSS apply to all members, merchants, and service providers that store, process or transmit card holder data and therefore also to any software developed by Hotel Concepts which can process credit card information which includes IDPMS, IDCRS, CWI and certain distribution interfaces.
Encrypt existing card numbers tool can be found under Extra > Tools > PCI > Encrypt non crypted credit cards
If 'Yes' is selected a progress bar will be displayed as follows:
Once the action is complete, the progress bar disappears.
Credit card numbers will be encrypted in the database and also in the IDPMS application. Card numbers on the reservation, relation, and credit card log screens will be masked and displayed in the following format:
To view the entire card number, a user needs to have access rights. See Menu User Access
If a user has access rights, they can view the card by double clicking on the card number line and the following message will be displayed;
Once credit card numbers have been encrypted in the database, IDPMS will continue to encrypt all card numbers and also purge the data as configured in Settings > Options > Security. See Option Security.