A security data processing device comprising a processor and memory, the processor configured to: receive a digital document comprising a primary programming requirement for programming a programmable device; determine if there is a record stored in the memory that corresponds to the digital document; receive a programming request from a programming module of a programming machine in communication with said processor, said programming request requesting the programming of the programmable device; determine if the programming request complies with the primary programming requirement in the digital document; and wherein if said programming request complies with the primary programming requirement in the digital document and if there is no record stored in the memory that corresponds to the digital document, the processor is configured to: output programming information to the programming module for programming the programmable device; and permanently store a further record, corresponding to said digital document, in the memory.