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Martin Rupp (guest): 19. August 2021
Thales Key Blocks are an essential cryptographic key wrapping format. In comparison to other key block formats, they are proprietary and only work...
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Banks and financial institutions must adhere to a rigorous set of security and regulatory practices to protect data, communications, and processes.
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Martin Rupp (guest): 18. June 2021
How can keys be securely exchanged over potentially unprotected channels? The answer to this question is “key blocks”. A key block is an essential...
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Martin Rupp (guest): 30. June 2020
Invented by Mohamed Atalla, the Atalla key block is the root of all key blocks. All over the globe, hundreds of millions of financial transactions...
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Martin Rupp (guest): 02. April 2020
Key distribution is perhaps the most important and crucial aspect of the ANSI X9.24-1-2017 part 1 standard. But first, let us explain what...
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Martin Rupp (guest): 18. February 2020
Key Blocks have been invented as a standard way for protecting the integrity of symmetric cryptographic keys and for identifying what the keys can be...
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In June 2019, the PCI Security Standards Council issued an information supplement titled PCI PIN Security Requirement 18-3 – Key Blocks, which...
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