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InfoSec1
Level 2
14 years ago

Backup Exec 12.3 - PCI DSS compliant encryption?

Just looking at our backup solution and we are using Backup Exec 12.3.  This does indeed encrypt the data, but when reading PCI DSS V2, there is some hints that it might not be what the requirement i...
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Hywel_Mallett
Level 6
14 years ago

Which specific PCI-DSS requirement do you think BE doesn't meet?

The key management parts might be a bit fiddly, but then that's not exclusive to BE.

The main one addressed is that the PAN is rendered unreadable anywhere it is stored, which BE can do using encryption,