Encryption and key management solutions

Follett Higher Education Group has selected Thales encryption and key management solutions. As a result Follett has eliminated time-consuming manual processes for managing encryption keys – a key requirement for compliance under the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Follett Higher Education Group sells more than 23 million textbooks annually in stores and online, and operates more than 700 campus bookstores for colleges and universities across the United States. For every transaction the company protects its customers’ personal data from breaches, complying with PCI DSS. Prior to selecting the Thales solution Follett security administrators manually replaced or rotated old encryption keys by hand in order to fulfill one of the PCI DSS requirements. (Irwin Gafen, Follett’s director of wholesale and distribution systems.)