New - Move Payment Processing To The Cloud With AWS Payment Cryptography
AWS News, Friday, June 23, 2023
Cryptography is everywhere in our daily lives. If you're reading this blog, you're using HTTPS, an extension of HTTP that uses encryption to secure communications. On AWS, multiple services and capabilities help you manage keys and encryption
- AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS), which you can use to create and protect keys to encrypt or digitally sign your data.
- AWS CloudHSM, which you can use to manage single-tenant hardware security modules (HSMs).
HSMs are physical devices that securely protect cryptographic operations and the keys used by these operations. HSMs can help you meet your corporate, contractual, and regulatory compliance requirements. With CloudHSM, you have access to general-purpose HSMs. When payments are involved, there are specific payment HSMs that offer capabilities such as generating and validating the personal identification number (PIN) and the security code of a credit or debit card.