CRE Secure Payments is a cloud-based Internet payment security company. CRE Secure enables leading e-commerce shopping carts and payment software systems distributed worldwide with secure PCI compliant hosted, payment processing solutions using patent pending technology and through its partnerships with top global payment gateways. CRE Secure is a level one PCI DSS certified service provider and a contributing member of the PCI Security Standards Council. In May 2012, CRE Secure was acquired by ControlScan. The valuation of CRE Secure was undisclosed. Other terms of the deal were not released.