Playing Token Trick Or Treat
Written by Walter ConwaySeptember 30th, 2010
Next month, millions of adorable merchant IT executives will dress up and pretend to be responsible adults who are experts in all manner of security. They'll walk down Tokenization Street, going from one security vendor to another, holding out their brightly colored IT environment bags and ask, "Token Trick Or Treat?" Some will get delicious chocolate, which will cost-effectively protect their payment data. Others, unfortunately—like CSO Charlie Brown—will get a rock.
How can you make sure you don't get round dusty minerals that are overpriced and provide about as much true data security as a Jack-O-Lantern? PCI Columnist Walter Conway, in an eerie voice, bellows that it all comes down to knowing which houses to go to and which to avoid. Even more importantly, it's about knowing which questions to ask.
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