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ANSI X9.24-1-2017: Key Distribution 

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ANSI X9.24-1-2017: Key Distribution 

Key distribution is perhaps the most important and crucial aspect of the ANSI X9.24-1-2017 part 1 standard. But first, let us explain what...

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Secure Connectivity for Mobile Banking and Payment Apps: HTTPS Tunneling

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Secure Connectivity for Mobile Banking and Payment Apps: HTTPS Tunneling

In this article, we will describe what HTTPS tunneling is and how it has been used in mobile banking and payment applications. We also look at some...

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protecting-mobile-apps-with-tokens

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Access Token Protection: Secure Connectivity for Mobile Apps

In this article, we introduce the role that access tokens play in mobile banking applications and provide recommendations on how to secure these...

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Overview of App & Code Hardening for Mobile Banking Apps

Application hardening usually consists in processing an already developed application, and transforming it so to make it difficult / impossible to...

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Secure Storage and Key Protection for Mobile Banking and Payment Apps

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Secure Storage and Key Protection for Mobile Banking and Payment Apps

In this article, we shall focus on the techniques used for protecting keys and in general, cryptographic secrets in the context of mobile banking &...

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Exploring Secure Cryptographic Devices for Retail Financial Services

The ANSI X9.24-1: 2017 standard requires the use of secure cryptographic devices (SCDs) in the context of symmetric key cryptography and refers to...

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Mobile Banking and Payment App Hardening: Anti-Tamper

The security of mobile banking and payment applications is deeply linked to their capacities in preventing attackers from tampering with them.

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ANSI X9.24-1-2017: An Introduction into Key Blocks

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ANSI X9.24-1-2017: An Introduction into Key Blocks

Key Blocks have been invented as a standard way for protecting the integrity of symmetric cryptographic keys and for identifying what the keys can be...

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ANSI X9.24-1-2017: The General Key Management Requirements

The ANSI X9.24-1-2017 norm details how symmetric cryptographic keys should be managed and handled by the relevant actors of the retail financial...

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