Tag: key block
What is PCI PIN?
In this new article in the What is it? series, a brief introduction will be made to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) PIN Security (PCI PIN) standard, focused on the protection of the personal identification number (PIN) in face-to-face transactions. Introduction The standard...
The Ultimate Guide to Cryptographic Key Blocks
With the entry into force of the PCI PIN v2.0 standard in 2014, all encrypted symmetric keys (cryptograms) must be handled in structures called key blocks, which allow to protect in a standardized way the integrity of said cryptographic keys.
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