Foregenix Becomes Affiliate of Australian Payments Network's Issuers and Acquirers Community (IAC)

We're delighted to announce that Foregenix has been welcomed as an Affiliate Member to the Australian Payments Network's (AusPayNet), the ​​self-regulatory body for Australia’s payment industry.

AusPayNet established the Issuers and Acquirers Community (IAC), which promotes industry co-operation and co-ordination on non-commercial elements of all payments in Australia. Its core objective is to develop, implement, and operate effective standards, policies, and procedures that promote the efficiency, security, and integrity of Australian Card Payments.

As Andy White, Chief Executive Officer of Australian Payments Network, highlighted, this Affiliate Membership offers Foregenix a crucial opportunity to engage with the Issuers and Acquirers Community (IAC), provide insights to relevant committees and forums, as and when required, and be active in AusPayNet information sessions and consultations.

Foregenix is committed to supporting AusPayNet's strategy for adapting to the rapidly evolving payment ecosystem. We'll do this by sharing our decades of expertise and knowledge gained from guiding and assessing payment and financial organisations, helping them to improve and validate their cybersecurity posture.

Following the welcome, Raymond Simpson, Managing Director APAC of Foregenix, remarked: "We thank the Australian Payments Network for the warm welcome to the AusPayNet community. Affiliate Membership will allow Foregenix to play a key part in providing security and compliance services to the Australian payments industry. We look forward to collaborating and supporting AusPayNet Members in ensuring the highest standards in securing card payments in Australia."

About the Australian Payments Network

Australian Payments Network boasts a network of over 150 members and participants.

AusPayNet actively enables competition and innovation, promotes efficiency, and effectively controls and manages risk to deliver improvements for all users of the payment system. With a strong focus on collaboration, their mission encompasses inspiring innovation, facilitating self-regulation, and coordinating system-wide standards and policy development.

AusPayNet aims to instil confidence in payments by concentrating on three strategic pillars: Standards, Transformation, and Insights.

About Foregenix Australia

Foregenix is a cybersecurity firm specializing in the payment and card industry. Our expertise spans information security advisory, compliance, digital forensics, incident response, penetration testing, attack simulation, governance, and enterprise risk management. With decades of collective experience, our team delivers locally tailored support through regional offices worldwide.

Our specialists based in Australia hold proven track records in critical compliance frameworks including AusPayNet assessments, PCI DSS, PCI PIN and ISO 27001.