Why Tokenization Beats Transparent Data Encryption for PCI DSS Compliance

Cyber-threats are rapidly evolving and breaches are on the rise. That makes compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) ever more critical for organizations handline sensitive payment card data. A key aspect of this framework is safeguarding data at rest – but the requirements are changing. Disk- or partition-level encryption is no longer permissible to protect non-removable electronic media.

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from comforte Blog authored by Mirza Salihagic. Read the original post at: https://insights.comforte.com/why-tokenization-beats-transparent-data-encryption-for-pci-dss-compliance