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How EMV Payment Security Works for Issuers
An issuer is one of the corners in the ‘four corner’ model. An issuer is a financial organization (e.g. a bank) that produces payment cards and...
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An issuer is one of the corners in the ‘four corner’ model. An issuer is a financial organization (e.g. a bank) that produces payment cards and...
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The EMV personalization data processing in itself is not the topic of this article, we will instead focus on the cryptographic schemes involved in...
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Cardholders (or consumers) are one of the corners of the ‘four corner’ model in the payment card world. Here we take a brief look at the payment...
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This article talks about how different factors and controls can affect the strength and effectiveness of a cryptographic system's security. It gives...
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Banks and financial institutions must adhere to a rigorous set of security and regulatory practices to protect data, communications, and processes.
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A key management system is a critical component in achieving PCI DSS compliance for a banking institution. It involves implementing a crypto system...
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In this article, we will review some of the constraints of an EMV tokenization solution when it comes to FIPS and more generally, NIST considerations.
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The EMV consortium released several standards detailing how “network” tokenization should be handled. There is now a general consensus within the...
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The concept of a token has been used in the digital world for almost 50 years to separate and protect real data elements from exposure. In recent...