Tag: data in transit

Email today is arguably the most critical application for personal and business communication over the Internet. With each new day, companies and individuals are increasingly revealing the sensitive information of recipients to the prevalence of malware, spam, phishing, and identity theft attacks.

PCI DSS requires you to detail the measures you have taken to ensure cardholder data is protected in transit. Email communication of cardholder data is considered part of the Cardholder Data Environment.

Most organizations rely heavily on emails for their daily business communication, but email remains one of the most common vectors businesses are attacked. This is why it is essential to implement email security best practices.

PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy and actually provides perfect privacy. Used correctly, it can prevent the contents of your messages, texts, and even files from being read.

Transport layer encryption, also known as transport layer security (TLS), encrypts your messages as they are transmitted to the servers of the application you use and from the application's servers to the recipient.

The PCI Security Standards Council takes a very tough line on transit data, requiring the use of trustworthy keys / certificates, secure transportation protocols and strong encryption.