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Mastercard Cyber Secure
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- Assessment access
- Acquirers can access a cyber risk assessment for merchants under active investigation for an account data compromise event.riskrecon.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Assessment contents
- Assessments include a risk rating, prioritized vulnerabilities, mitigation plans, an IT profile of hosting providers and domains, and a compliance profile.riskrecon.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Assessment criteria
- The merchant cyber risk rating evaluates more than 40 security and infrastructure criteria and analyzes the importance of found vulnerabilities.riskrecon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Assessment method
- Mastercard says the assessment uses AI and multiple public and proprietary data sources to evaluate 40 security and infrastructure criteria and produce a risk rating and issue priority navigator.newsroom.mastercard.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Acquirers can view cyber risk information for merchants with a public-facing URL known to Mastercard.riskrecon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Company history
- RiskRecon says it was founded by Kelly White and officially incorporated in October 2015.riskrecon.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Compliance limitation
- The compliance profile is informational and does not certify or validate compliance with industry standards or frameworks.riskrecon.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Disputes and remediation
- Merchants can ask about, contest, or seek to remediate their cyber risk rating by opening a support case through Mastercard Connect.riskrecon.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Incident assessments
- Acquirers can access a cyber risk assessment for merchants under active investigation for an account data compromise event.riskrecon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product gives acquiring banks tools to assess cyber risk across their ecosystem and help merchants understand their cyber risk.newsroom.mastercard.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Merchant snapshot
- Acquirers can view a cyber risk snapshot for merchants with a public-facing URL known to Mastercard.riskrecon.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Merchant support
- Merchants can request a copy through their acquirer or by submitting a support ticket in Mastercard Connect; Mastercard provides one complimentary copy of a merchant’s own assessment per year after a support case is submitted.riskrecon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Program relationship
- Cyber Secure builds on Mastercard’s Account Data Compromise program.newsroom.mastercard.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Mastercard Cyber Secure provides integrated cybersecurity information about banks and merchants in the payment ecosystem.riskrecon.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Ratings questions
- Merchants can use Mastercard Connect’s Support Case Management application to ask how a rating was calculated or to contest or remediate it.riskrecon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Requesting an assessment
- Merchants can request a copy from their acquirer or through a support case in Mastercard Connect; Mastercard provides one complimentary copy of their own assessment per year after a case is submitted.riskrecon.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Risk rating
- The merchant cyber risk rating evaluates more than 40 security and infrastructure criteria and considers the importance of vulnerabilities found.riskrecon.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Risk snapshot
- A merchant snapshot includes a cyber risk rating and an issue priority navigator that organizes found vulnerabilities by category.riskrecon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
