Securosis white paper helps IT professionals understand how tokenization and encryption work as well as its strengths and weaknesses. When do you want to use tokenization over encryption? How do these two technologies help you address security issues? How can you decide which is suitable for compliance? You’ll find the answers in this independently researched white paper. If credit card data is replaced with tokens, almost half the security checks no longer apply, taking them out of scope for a PCI audit. Tokenization removes sensitive data entirely.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/whitepapers/tokenization-vs-encryption-options-for-compliance-w-709