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Three Lessons from the Target Hack of Encrypted PIN Data

1. Keep your encryption key separate from your encrypted data 

The first lesson to take away is simply to keep your encryption key separate from your encrypted data.  We know not to write our passwords on the bottom of our keyboard. We know not to put the combination of our safe on a sticky-note on the door to the safe, and we should never allow our encryption keys to be accessed in the same way…