As digital systems proliferate, the need to address evolving threats to critical data becomes increasingly urgent. Implementing a crypto-agile architecture is essential for organizations striving to adapt to ever-changing security challenges and regulatory demands. However, deploying such an architecture across existing environments can be challenging and requires a methodical approach to ensure robust security and […]

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 4.0 established new mandates that bring about significant changes to effectively address an evolving cybersecurity landscape.  These new mandates, through which cryptographic best practices became requirements at the end of March 2025, impact organizations that store, process, or transmit cardholder data including merchants, processors, issuers, acquirers, […]

As the frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks and data breaches continue to increase and quantum computing advancements now threaten to break many traditional cryptography and data protection mechanisms, organizations need to adopt agile strategies to safeguard their most sensitive data. In the first segment of our three-part series, we discussed the need to view crypto-agility […]

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 […]

It’s time to start shifting the mindset from leveraging encryption as a sole data protection technique, to implementing a more robust, well-rounded approach that leverages multiple types of data protection methods seamlessly to define and enforce how data is protected, who can access it, and what form the data takes when access is granted.  Encryption […]

Imagine if you could seamlessly integrate any new Payment Card Industry (PCI) PIN requirement, such as new Key Block mandates, 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 […]