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This article explains what a payment HSM is, the need for it to be within PCI compliance under PCI Hardware Security Module (HSM), and the importance of being PCI-HSM-certified. 

As the choice of HSMs is dependent on the specific application it is used for, we make some general recommendations by providing a list of potential criteria to take into account, irrespective of what you intend to use it for.

The latest Hardware Security Module, OEM competitive assessment by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, announced Utimaco as the overall leader in the HSM market.

The severity of the global chip shortage has disrupted companies throughout 2021 and as we enter 2022, the shortage isn’t going to disappear. As a result, the current processor-chip shortage and supply-chain disruption may have a long-term impact on price and availability.

Fleet cards are given by a company to their employees; for example, truck drivers delivering the company’s goods to where they will be sold. Here we will explain how fleet cards/fuel cards work and the role that hardware security modules can play in providing more secure features for these cards under PCI-DSS compliance.

Most standard card payment systems utilize what is called the “Four Corners” model. This model relies on the secure environments provided by HSMs to protect the numerous cryptographic keys and cryptographic operations.

What is Buy Now, Pay Later? BNPL for short is known as installment payments and point-of-sale financing (POSF). Offering buyers credit as part of a purchase has been around since antiquity and therefore, what we are seeing is an explosion of a new variant.

Gartner recently published their 2021 cyber security report that shows important risk trends in cybersecurity. This article discusses what implications these trends have on cybersecurity architecture.

Leverage the breadth of benefits in the cloud. Overview of options for meeting all PCI PIN compliance requirements and moving payment HSMs to the cloud.

Digital transformation is on the rise and so is the need for HSMs. This requires a cloud-agnostic HSM solution that is able to seamlessly bridge the gap between on-premise and cloud deployments.

How you can reduce total cost of ownership by upgrading and consolidating to more performant HSM infrastructures to enable a targeted and enforced pursuit of the corporate goals.

Itan Barmes, a cybersecurity expert at Deloitte, points out that most companies have not prepared their security infrastructure, algorithms and HSMs for the post-quantum era.