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The Role of PCBs in Cybersecurity

VISTA InfoSec

As fraudsters are continuously finding new ways to strike, we’re continuously finding new ways to prevent them with controls such as encryption, multi-factor authentication, fraud detection software, etc. The TPM can securely store and generate cryptographic keys, passwords, certificates, and encryption keys. However, manufacturers DO.

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The Role of PCBs in Cybersecurity

VISTA InfoSec

As fraudsters are continuously finding new ways to strike, we’re continuously finding new ways to prevent them with controls such as encryption, multi-factor authentication, fraud detection software, etc. The TPM can securely store and generate cryptographic keys, passwords, certificates, and encryption keys. However, manufacturers DO.

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PCI's not enough: Breach prevention needs chips and tokens

Payments Source

EMV, encryption are all necessary to protect merchants from data breaches, writes Jeff Zimmerman, COO of Clearent. PCI compliance can't solve all security problems.

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Moving To Safeguard PII, Bit By Byte And Chip by Chip

PYMNTS

Intel noted its own tech solutions for transactions, tied to hardware and encryption, focus on personal information and payment card data. The technology, once in place (using Intel processors), allows for the transference of data from terminal to bank servers, bypassing system memory and merchant hardware.

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New Chip Card Security Flaw Found

PYMNTS

A new flaw has turned up in the chip-based cards on offer in the U.S. The hole is made possible, according to reports, because retailers are not encrypting their transactions as part of their EMV upgrade. The NCR researchers officially advised merchants to “encrypt everything” in a transaction.

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How Visa And Intel Are Creating A Security Standard For The IoT

PYMNTS

But Visa — in partnership with Intel — is hoping to create something like that seal by baking secured encryption right down into the chip level of the hardware. Bad guys may still get in, but what they’ll get will be “useless data” without the encryption key needed to make it usable.

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Royal Bank Of Canada Rolls Out Digital ID Verification For Account Opening

PYMNTS

With an ePassport, you can tap the chip on the card reader on the phone,” Tilton said. “It Bank advisers can identify customers remotely by sending an encrypted email, Tilton explained. For instance, they would have to crack the encrypted chip and read the chip off the mobile phone using a near-field communication connection.