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BYOK for Google Cloud: Financial Institution Benefits
This article discusses the concerns surrounding key management for cloud environments and how Cryptomathic addresses them by bringing banking-grade...
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BYOK: A Solution for EBA’s ICT and Security Risk Management Guidelines
The European Banking Authority's (EBA’s) new ICT and Security Risk Management Guidelines provide guidance for cybersecurity requirements for...
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Postbank Master Key Breach: Strong Key Management Importance
Martin Rupp (guest): 04. August 2020
In the last couple of months, facts regarding breaches that occurred during December 2018 at PostBank, the national postal bank operator of South...
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Why a Banking KMS Must Support Atalla Key Blocks
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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How to Secure the Lifecycle of Cryptographic Keys
Chris Allen: 13. May 2020
This article discusses the main phases involved in the life-cycle of a cryptographic key, and how the operational lifetime of a key and its strength...
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Symmetric Cryptography & Key Management: Exhaustion & Rotation
With data protection standards, such as GDPR, and the sheer mass of data that companies collect and accumulate, the protection and control of...
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The need to manage both symmetric and asymmetric keys
A well-rounded solution for securing digital transactions includes the use of both symmetric and asymmetric cryptography and keys. Each method of...
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ANSI X9.24-1-2017: Key Distribution
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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Understanding Encryption Modes with Symmetric Ciphers
In this final article in a 3-part series on symmetric key encryption technology, we look at the use of encryption modes with symmetric block ciphers,...