Re: PCI DSS compliance

2016-11-10 Thread Glenn Rempe
I think this is where you want to look into a Hardware Security Module (HSM) or a solution like Hashicorp's Vault server. The split secret would be used to initialize either of those solutions (Vault uses split keys to unseal the server out of the box, and can even encrypt those shares to several d

Re: PCI DSS compliance

2016-11-10 Thread NdK
Il 10/11/2016 16:24, helices ha scritto: > Our company must decrypt ~100 files 7x24 in near real time. How can > work - or any reasonable alternative - in such a production environment? Wouldn't a smartcard solve (at least partially) the issue? Insert it in a pinpad reader and have the PIN sh

Re: PCI DSS compliance

2016-11-10 Thread helices
O, yes! I forgot about that:-( I understand as far as this goes. Our company must decrypt ~100 files 7x24 in near real time. How can work - or any reasonable alternative - in such a production environment? ~ Mike On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Kristian Fiskerstrand < kristian.f

Re: PCI DSS compliance

2016-11-10 Thread Kristian Fiskerstrand
On 11/10/2016 03:50 PM, helices wrote: > So would I! > > At this point, our company must achieve PCI DSS compliance before year end, > and the road to that necessity leads through this auditor, who insists that > PGP satisfies all requirements. > > There is no explanation that he shares with us.

Re: PCI DSS compliance

2016-11-10 Thread helices
So would I! At this point, our company must achieve PCI DSS compliance before year end, and the road to that necessity leads through this auditor, who insists that PGP satisfies all requirements. There is no explanation that he shares with us. ~ Mike On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Mark H. W

Re: PCI DSS compliance

2016-11-10 Thread Mark H. Wood
I would be interested to hear this auditor's explanation of how *any* completely automated software system can protect private keys from a human with access to the system. -- Mark H. Wood Lead Technology Analyst University Library Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis 755 W. Michig

Re: PCI DSS compliance

2016-11-10 Thread Mike Schleif
Yes, our company has been doing all four of your suggestions for years, including written policies and procedures, and we passed all prior years of PCI DSS auditing without incident. Near as I can tell, nothing has changed in this regard in PCI DSS standards in the last twelve months, to which our