A hardware security module (HSM) is a solution that stores cryptographic keys to keep them private while ensuring they are available to those authorized to use them. The primary objective of an HSM ...

Every time a customer taps his or her credit card at checkout, it’s the retailer’s responsibility to process it and protect the cardholder’s data. But with so much data transmitted behind the scenes, ...

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) has proven to be one of the most important frameworks in the fight against data breaches and fraud in the payments ecosystem. As a widely ...

All Northwestern University departments that accept credit/debit card payments are considered merchant locations and must process those payments in a secure manner. It is the responsibility of each ...

The rise of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) over the last few years has impacted how all industries exchange information to conduct business. Simultaneously, APIs have become one of the ...

Standards are often force-fed to the industries they govern, but that doesn’t seem to be the case with the latest version of the PCI Data Security Council’s global Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).