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The Four Corners Model for Card Payment Security and Key Management
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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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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EMV Personalization is a process used to get card data into cards, mobile phones, and wearables. The process includes a variety of complicated...
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To bank safely online, you need additional mobile app security mechanisms that go beyond standard OS security features. In this article, we take an...
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As the use of mobile phones for mobile banking and payment applications increases, so too do the security threats. Most smartphones use only two...
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Among all the various key block formats, the TR-34 format is undoubtedly one of the most sophisticated. The TR-34 norm is an implementation of the...
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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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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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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...