Encryption

JPMorgan Chase is one financial institution that plans to test Google Cloud’s new Confidential Computing product.

South African investigators' revelation last week that fraudsters stole more than $3.2 million from the banking division of the country's post office more than a year ago served as a stark reminder that encryption doesn't mean a thing if the key is left unprotected.

There is one area of commerce that has experienced an uneven consumer response to the coronavirus crisis: subscriptions. Some companies have benefited greatly while others have not.

In updating its point-to-point encryption standard, the PCI Security Standards Council says the resulting simplified validation process for component and software providers will result in more products available for cardholder data protection.

Stephen Ranzini, CEO of University Bank, says The Clearing House's RTP and Early Warning's Zelle handle enrollment, encryption and authentication insecurely.

The industry must grapple with new risks that come with storing data in the cloud. Here's what credit union leaders need to know.

Apple's new credit card isn't just another virtual card in its virtual wallet. It borrows a lot of features from the most successful brands in payments and technology.

A breach that compromises personal data of more than 100 million people is never good, but the company did follow some security best practices.

The timing of the settlement serves as a warning to other companies of the risks they face in an increasingly data-focused economy.

A report from the National Credit Union Administration’s Office of the Inspector General found the agency routinely failed to properly dispose of IT materials and spent roughly $440,000 on unnecessary equipment, among other findings.

The North American banking giant is making a gradual yet concerted effort to migrate applications to Microsoft’s cloud, but there are still sensitive operations and pieces of data that it’s holding back on for now.

Cathy Bessant, Bank of America’s chief operations and technology officer, offers her takeaways from the first meeting of the Council on the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence. She also shares some challenges banks are facing with cyberattacks and data encryption.

A new regulation in the Golden State could provide a de facto national standard as Congress continues to stall on data breach legislation.

Banks want to encourage innovation by extending access to outside developers, but customer data remains vulnerable while in use by an application.

The technology does not yet exist, but in the not-too-distant future it could fundamentally transform how many organizations do business.

Bluefin Payment Systems is rolling out a service to simplify compliance tasks for merchants that have adopted point-to-point encryption (P2PE) services to protect card data at every stage of the transaction.

Europe's new data privacy rules have forced banks to get creative to protect sensitive data from in appropriate access or breaches.

Nonlisted encryption solutions are designed for easier deployment, but often lack many of the key attributes of PCI-listed point-to-point encryption products, writes Ruston Miles, founder and chief strategy officer of Bluefin.

POS payment encryption products are widely available and have been for many years, from technologies designed to secure card data from the point it is entered into the payment terminal, writes Ruston Miles, founder and chief strategy officer of Bluefin Payment Systems.

Thousands of rank-and-file merchants are gaining access to validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) for protection from malware within payment terminals, an attack vector that other popular security technologies might miss.