Patent attributes
Methods for managing security of a payment gateway are provided. In one aspect, a method includes assigning a username and a security key to a merchant. The method includes receiving a transaction request associated with the merchant, wherein the transaction request comprises the username assigned to the merchant, request parameters, and a signature code associated with the merchant, and wherein the signature code comprises the request appended to both the username assigned to the merchant and the security key assigned to the merchant. The method includes determining, in response to receiving the transaction request associated with the merchant, whether the signature code of the request is authentic. The method includes validating the transaction request based on determining that the signature code of the request is authentic. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
