Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure involve an apparatus, device, component, and/or method for a networking component for use in creating a virtual secured point-of-sale (POS) transaction over a network. In one embodiment, the networking component is a virtual router that is located logically between a retailer and a payment processing company for processing a POS transaction. To facilitate the POS transaction, the virtual router communicates with one or more virtual private networks (VPNs) to establish secured communication tunnels over which information and network traffic may be broadcast that prevent unauthorized access to the information from an outside source or third party. In this manner, a secured end-to-end security communication tunnel (including encryption of the transmitted data) may be created over a network from the originating point of sale (retailer) to the payment processing company.