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Understanding eIDAS
EIDAS is the European Regulation for the electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions. It repeals Directive 1999/93/EC....
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Digital Signature Standards & Compliance - A Global View
This article introduces the most relevant digital signature standards for global players, governments and banks.
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Migrating from Magnetic Stripes to EMV Smart Cards: Key Considerations
Migrating from magnetic stripes to EMV based smart cards is a challenging endeavour for banks and their IT teams. Even for small banks, necessary...
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Securing Web applications with Cryptographic Zones
A cryptographic zone exists between two points, where a symmetric key or asymmetric public keys are shared in order to encrypt sensitive information....
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Reducing Payment Card Fraud by Shifting over to EMV Chip Technology
This article gives an insight into the EMV chip technology, which is being rolled out on a world-wide scale to increase the level of fraud protection...
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Assignment and Configuration of Roles in a Crypto Key Management System
This article introduces and describes the relevant roles needed to successfully manage a key management system in an organisation.
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How to define appropriate Crypto-periods for Cryptographic keys
The period of time between the key activation and key deactivation is called the crypto period of the key. The crypto period is defined by factors...
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Enhancing Payment Card Security By Integrating PCI with EMV Technology
This article discusses how the security protection of payment card data used in a transaction can be maximized by integrating PCI DSS with EMV...
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Server and Device Hardening Recommendations for Key Management Systems
This article discusses the procedures and techniques used in key management system hardening for servers and devices.