Tokenization
What is Tokenization?
A data security technique that replaces sensitive data with non-sensitive placeholder tokens that map back to the original data through a secure vault.
Terms that appear alongside tokenization
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as tokenization. The number is how many controls name both.
- governance 6 shared controls
- cybersecurity 6 shared controls
- resilience 5 shared controls
- ransomware 4 shared controls
- operational resilience 4 shared controls
- compliance 3 shared controls
- generative ai 3 shared controls
- cyber incident 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern tokenization
What the standards actually require on tokenization
Requirements naming tokenization across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.
Appropriate security controls are enabled for sensitive data, and for every sensitive data item the catalog holds evidence of those controls; the sensitivity level determines the required encryption, obfuscation and data loss prevention.
edm-council-cdmc-cloud-data-management-capability-framework::KC9 · Key Control 9: Security Controls →HKMA TM-G-1 Information Security Programme. Comprehensive technical + administrative + physical security controls. (1) INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAMME (TM-G-1.6.1) - documented + Board-approved information security programme + governance + roles + ISMS-style al...
HKMA-TMG1-InfoSec-Access-PAM-Network-Crypto-DLP-Endpoint · TM-G-1 Information Security Programme + Access + PAM + Network + Crypto + DLP + Vulnerability + Endpoint →HL7 FHIR Resilience + Privacy + SMART Health Cards. RATE LIMITING AND ANTI-ABUSE (FHIR-SEC-14) - API rate limiting + throttling + DDoS protection + abuse detection + IP/Subject + Token-based limits + sliding window + token bucket + sectoral best practices;
HL7-FHIR-Resilience-RateLimit-CORS-AntiAbuse-SmartHealth · HL7 FHIR Resilience - Rate Limiting + Anti-Abuse + CORS + SMART Health Cards + De-identification + Privacy →Security Dimensions 4 and 5 per X.805 Clauses 6.4 and 6.5 are closely related: (1) Data Confidentiality (Dim 4) protects data from unauthorized disclosure - so that anyone without authorization is unable to make sense of the content.
X805-Dim4-5-Data-Confidentiality-Communication-Security-Encryption-Information-Flow-Protection · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimensions 4-5 - Data Confidentiality + Communication Security + Encryption At-Rest + In-Transit + In-Use + Information Flow Protection + Steered Communication + Anti-Tap + Anti-Eavesdrop + Post-Quantum Cryptography →Questions people ask about tokenization
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