Friday, April 11, 2014

Tokenization IS Encryption - NOT! - Part 5 (pre-release teaser)

The saga continues. As PCI SSC continues redefining and clarifying its newly redefined definition of tokenization via the PCI Tokenization Task Force, EMVCo apparently decided they liked the term "tokenization" so unbeknownst to anyone else, a new EMVCo definition was necessary. Last month EMVCo released the EMV Payment Tokenisation Specification v.1. Luckily they misspelled it, probably on purpose, so-as not to confuse EMVCo Tokenisation with PCI Tokenization whereas PCI Tokenization always gets confused with TrueTokenization®.

I find it funny that just like PCI SSC, EMVCo didn't bother to approach the inventors of tokenization during the development of their definition. Hindsight being 20/20, I really wish Shift4 had trademarked the term tokenization prior to releasing the concept to the public domain. At least then we could have better controlled the definition and limited the misuse of the term. Instead we now have everybody and their brother coming forth with their custom definition, complicating and confusing a concept that was designed to be simple, easy to explain and secure. Anyway, I'm currently reading and analyzing the EMVCo document. Stay tuned for a detailed report…

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