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Payment & Banking Cryptography: Benefits of z/OS & 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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Meltdown & Spectre: What You Need to Know About Key Protection
A number of serious security vulnerabilities, collectively known under the names of “Meltdown” and “Spectre” [1][2], have recently been discovered in...
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eIDAS & the European Interoperability Framework Explained
The European Interoperability Framework (EIF) adopted in 2017 is the primary thrust in the EU’s effort to improve the efficiency of public service...
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Optimizing eIDAS with Digital Signature Deployment Models
The eIDAS regulation provides both the technical and legal framework for electronic identification and digital signatures that the banking sector...
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Common Key Management System Models for the Cloud
This article explains the four primary cloud KMS pattern combinations and which are best suited for use with Cryptomathic’s Key Management System...
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eIDAS Trust Services – Strengths and Challenges in Implementation
A study published in early 2018 by the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), revealed that 90% of the respondents...
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Why Key Management Systems Need X9.24/TR-31 Key Blocks
Martin Rupp (guest): 26. November 2021
The PCI Council requires most actors of payment networks to implement ANSI X9.24/TR-31-compliant key blocks to wrap and securely transmit, transfer,...
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The Weakest Link in Many Cryptosystems - Part 2 of 2
Peter Landrock: 26. November 2021
RSA, a short recap In a public key scheme, and for the sake of simplicity, assume a public scheme based on encryption-decryption (as opposed to e.g....
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What is the right user interface for a Key Management System?
User interface design and usability are the deciding factors in attaining a good user experience for most IT deployments, including key management...