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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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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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A key block is a unique piece of cryptography that is used to protect cryptographic keys while they are being sent over networks that might not be...
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IBM’s mainframe computers have been a rock-steady part of banks’ security infrastructure for many years. Originating from the local data-center...
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There are several types of key block formats used in different industries, especially the retail banking industry. The systems that use these key...
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One aspect of key management is dealing with what happens when a symmetric cryptographic key is no longer needed. The section ‘Key Replacement,...
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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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This article proposes answers to a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about key blocks.