NORTH CANTON -- To help deployers comply with the coming transition to triple DES encryption, which is used to protect PINs during ATM transactions, Diebold is offering new encrypting pin pad (EPP) solutions for use in its ATMs worldwide.
According to Diebold, EPPs are designed to meet the requirements for PIN encryption as well as the requirements for a tamper-resistant security module. EPPs will support a variety of keypad configurations to meet the needs of financial institutions and various regulatory requirements.
Diebold is also adding the ability to remotely load DES keys into the encrypting pin pad using banks' existing ATM driving software. This capability, known as remote key transport, eliminates the need for personnel to visit each machine to manually load DES keys.
Remote key transport uses public key cryptography to protect the keys during transmission from the host to the ATM. It also supports digital certificates provided by Digital Signature Trust of Salt Lake City, Utah, to authenticate the host and the ATM to one another, and to protect against unauthorized computers from gaining access to the DES keys.
According to Diebold, this is the first time public key cryptography and digital certificates have been used together to simplify DES key loading while providing a high degree of security.
"Digital certificates have proven to offer a high degree of security and privacy across the entire spectrum of networks," said Scott Schrader, financial services group president for Digital Signature Trust. "These device certificates provide a means to protect the exchange of data on a financial institutions self-service network."
