Thales recently announced the launch of the payShield Cloud HSM service, making it easier and more flexible for payment HSMs to migrate to the cloud. Our team at Prime Factors had the opportunity to be among the first to successfully test the new HSM service with our Bank Card Security System (BCSS) to ensure flexibility and full functionality […]

Encryption is the process of encoding information so that it is unreadable to unauthorized parties. What makes encryption so powerful is that if data is intercepted, it remains unintelligible without the corresponding cryptographic keys used to encrypt the data. While encryption remains essential to most enterprises’ data protection strategy, the proliferation of data protection regulations, […]

Imagine if you could seamlessly integrate any new Payment Card Industry (PCI) PIN requirement throughout your custom payment application with minimal effort, saving time and reducing development costs. That’s a reality for many companies.  Using Prime Factors Bank Card Security System (BCSS), integrating industry changes into in-house payment applications is seamless, without requiring extensive development […]

HIPAA and HITECH rules are often discussed together for a number of reasons, and it makes sense because one is meant to be an extension of the other. However, HIPAA was developed before the days of ubiquitous technology, meaning that it wasn't properly accounting for or regulating patient privacy when it came to keeping electronic […]

Cloud sharing is on everyone’s mind, even though some people still don't really understand what it is. It often helps to put a brand name to these generic services, and Dropbox is one of the most recognizable names when it comes to identifying cloud service providers. Dropbox is used at businesses around the country as a way to gain access and […]

It's no longer only the concern of governments and corporations: encryption is both lock and key to cybersecurity across a range of organizations, of all sizes.  In 2016, the Ponemon Institute calculated the average total cost of a data breach to be $4 million. The next two years sees the chances of 10,000 lost or […]