Secure Electronic Transaction

nounverified·updated Oct 7, 2026

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A standard that will ensure that credit card and associated payment order information travels safely and securely between the various involved parties on the Internet.

MWEISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

SANS Glossary of Security Terms

Secure Electronic Transactions is a protocol developed for credit card transactions in which all parties (customers, merchant, and bank) are authenticated using digital signatures, encryption protects the message and provides integrity, and provides end-to-end security for credit card transactions online.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown0%manual reviewI-079.framework_pending

Ddorianclast reviewed —

Framework split (I-079), awaiting Dorian's ruling: a payment protocol; Technical Specification?

Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

Pci95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

8 surface forms

acronym: SET
alternatephrasing: Secure Electronic Transactions
plural: Secure Electronic TransactionsSecure Electronic Transactionses
possessive: Secure Electronic Transaction'sSecure Electronic Transactions's
pluralpossessive: Secure Electronic Transactions'Secure Electronic Transactionses'

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