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Mobile Point of Sale Compliance – What is it all about?
PCI have recently released the new standard and compliance program for Mobile Payments on Commercial off-the-shelf devices (MPoC). This blog is the...
Payment Security
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Payments from a European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet
The European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) is at the forefront of the European Commission's eIDAS initiative to establish a secure and...
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Banks Ask EU to Reconsider Inclusion of Payments in EUDIW Legislation
The European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) has the potential to serve as a comprehensive identity gateway, enabling individuals to manage their...
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HSM remote key loading using CKMS and PCI-certified KLD
Hardware security modules (HSMs) are physical devices that provide cryptographic functions such as encryption/decryption and digital signing. They...
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Exploring The EMV Personalization Process
EMV Personalization of a payment card is the process of writing data to the card in order to make it ready for use. This includes loading the card...
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The Four Corners Model for Card Payment Security and Key Management
Martin Rupp (guest): 10. February 2023
The “Four Corners” model, also called the “Four Party Scheme”, is utilized in almost all standard card payment systems across the globe. Here, we...
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Key blocks and PCI PIN requirements: FAQs
Martin Rupp (guest): 05. November 2022
This article proposes a few answers to a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about key blocks and their use with PCI.
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EMV Payment Security - Acquirers
Martin Rupp (guest): 19. October 2022
In the “four corner model”, acquirers are apparently the less active party as their role seems ‘only’ to forward the transaction flow originating...
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EMV Payment Security - Merchants
Martin Rupp (guest): 25. September 2022
Merchants are one of the corners of the ‘four corner’ model in the payment world. In what follows, we will explain some of the security mechanisms...