Month: December 2025

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The security of payment card data is not the same as it was 10 or 15 years ago. The massification of EMV chips and contactless transactions, the use of tokenization, the implementation of P2PE controls and...

/ December 18, 2025

The Importance of Encryption Modes in Cryptography

When using encryption, a robust algorithm and an acceptable key length is not enough. There are two other very important parameters that are often forgotten: Encryption mode and initialization vector parameterization (Initialization Vector, IV). These...

/ December 11, 2025

Differences between Vulnerability Scans and Penetration Tests in PCI DSS

As part of regular security status monitoring activities, the PCI DSS standard requires a series of technical assessments to identify potential security issues in compliance and compliance assets early.

/ December 4, 2025