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Centralized Key Management: Challenges & Opportunities
Over the last 10 years, enterprises have moved on from decentralized and distributed key management to centralized key management systems to provide...
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How to Simplify Compliance Audits for Key Management Systems
This article explains some of the cryptographic key management tasks involved in demonstrating and proving compliance to acceptable standards, and...
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Key Management Interoperability: Achievements and Challenges
The Key Management Interoperability Protocol standard intends to provide interoperability across various key management environments and hence to...
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Symmetric Key Creation & Keyshare Generators Explained
Martin Rupp (guest): 05. March 2021
In this article, we look at the process of a keyshare generator and key derivation as described by the ANSI X9.24-1-2017 standard. This process is...
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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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The Reasons 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...