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IBM CCA

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IBM CCA: Hybrid Cloud & Key Management for Financial Service Platforms

In response to changing and more dynamic market demands, banks and financial institutions are turning into financial service platforms. They increase...

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Payment & Banking: An Introduction to z/OS and the IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture

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An Introduction to z/OS and the IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture

IBM’s mainframe computers have been a rock-steady part of banks’ security infrastructure for many years. Originating from the local data-center...

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Understanding the IBM CCA key format and the importance of banking-grade key management

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Understanding IBM CCA & the Importance of Banking-grade Key Management

The IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) is a cryptographic platform providing several functions of special interest for securing financial...

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Banking-grade Key Management: From On-premises to Multi-cloud BYOK

In this article, we will look at integration points and explain why it is important that a key management system is able to integrate with a number...

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Payment & Banking Cryptography: An Overview of the Benefits of z/OS and the Z Platform

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Payment & Banking Cryptography: The Benefits of z/OS & the Z Platform

This article looks at some reasons for popularity of the IBM mainframe platform in the banking sector and touches upon its limitation for...

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IBM's z15 Mainframe - Security, Resilience and Secure Key Management for Financial Service Platforms

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IBM z15 Mainframe & Secure Key Management for FS Platforms

Banks continue to feel the profound transformational effects that digital technologies have on their business. This can be seen in the creation and...

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Payment & Banking: Why IBM z/OS Needs a Banking-grade KMS for the Hybrid Cloud

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Why IBM z/OS Needs a Banking-grade KMS for Hybrid Cloud

The IBM mainframe series (“z-series”) has become a backbone for security, privacy and resilience in a large share of payment and banking related...

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Managing Keys for ATM Remote Key Loading using CKMS

ATM Remote Key Loading has become a common practice in the industry. Yet managing the top-level keys to establish trust between the Host and the ATM...

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Open Banking - Success through Agile Alignment of Security Infrastructure, Strategy and Technology

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Open Banking: Why Agile Alignment is the Key to Success

Open banking can offer opportunities for retail banks that are faced with competition from newcomers to the banking and finance industry. For those...

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