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PSD2 and Standards for Strong Customer Authentication
The 2015 Revised Directive on Payment Services (also known as PSD2) lays the foundation for safe and secure payments throughout the European Union....
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PAdES Standards for Long-Term Archival
Under the eIDAS Regulation, specifications for formatting advanced electronic signatures for PDF documents are set under PAdES. PAdES is the...
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Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS): An Introduction
The European Commission adopted the Delegated Regulation on Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) in November 2017. These standards provide detailed...
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How to Choose the Right Cryptographic Key Generation Algorithm
Conversations about cryptography are common in the cyber-security world. One can find security professionals discussing everything from PKI to issues...
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What is Key Management? a CISO Perspective
Key management refers to managing cryptographic keys within a cryptosystem. It is concerned with the generation, exchange, storage, use, and...
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HSMs and Key Management: Best Practices for Security
Appropriate management of cryptographic keys is essential for the application of cryptography. This is often aided by the use of a hardware security...
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Turning Cryptography into a Service: Part 1 Overview
Part 1 – Increasing Efficiency & Resilience This two-part article discusses how cryptography is employed within organizations today and examines some...
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Key Management for GDPR: How Encryption Aids Compliance
Introduction Much has already been written about EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force on 25th May 2018 to protect EU...
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PCI DSS Compliant Key Management Lifecycles
This article highlights the NIST key lifecycle recommendations in relation to PCI DSS compliance.