NCR’s
multi-vendor security software prevents from inside-out skimming attacks
Unicredit Bank, a leading provider of
financial services in Russia, is installing NCR Corporation’s (NYSE: NCR) Solidcore Suite for APTRA™, a multivendor ATM
software security solution with real-time centralized management that prohibits
the introduction of unauthorized code on ATMs and protects them from insider
attacks. The software is being installed on Unicredit’s entire multivendor ATM
network in its branches.
NCR Solidcore for APTRA proactively allows
only authorised code to run, rather than reacting to known attacks as they
arise. Specifically, Solidcore for APTRA automatically creates and updates the
inventory of good code and protects the system’s memory so that authorised code
cannot be modified, deleted or hijacked – the process in which malicious code
replaces authorized code with itself.
“Card security is paramount for us,” said
Alexander Vishnyakov, director of card business and remote service department
at UniCredit. “We chose NCR’s
security solution as it prevents all types of malicious software manipulation
in real time and is easy to manage, giving our ATM network 24/7 protection. We
found that NCR is the only company
offering proactive solutions to ATM security. With Solidcore for APTRA we can
ultimately reduce our equipment installation and service costs, while providing
greater protection to our network.”
“In most cases, manufacturers and financial
institutions build security solutions for known and anticipated security
issues. It is hard to be clairvoyant on all the malicious code that can be
written. What makes Solidcore for APTRA unique from everything else on the
market is that it protects systems from all unauthorized code – known or
unknown – and automates reporting which makes it so much easier to control the
environment and achieve PCI compliance,” said Michael O’Laughlin, vice
president and general manager of NCR Financial Services.
Solidcore for APTRA is part of the NCR
Secure portfolio, NCR’s holistic
approach to security for self-service solutions.
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