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GASA intros International Glossary of ATM Terms

June 8, 2004

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The Global ATM Security Alliance (GASA) has produced an International Glossary of ATM Terms for the industry.
 
According to a news release, the glossary includes more than 200 ATM-related terms, including insurance terminology, cyber security definitions, global ATM crime categories and a list of ATM-related acronyms.

"The glossary has a current and contemporary feel to it because it includes cyber terms as our industry moves into a new cyber era with the large-scale migration to Windows XP operating platforms," said Mike Lee, international director of the ATM Industry Association and GASA's founding coordinator. "Now we can all sing from the same hymn sheet."

Lee said the glossary will be posted soon on the GASA Web site.

GASA was formed by ATMIA last June to protect the industry from the growing problem of cross-border ATM crime and card fraud. It is made up of law enforcement and fraud prevention agencies, card schemes like Visa and MasterCard, ATM networks, industry associations, manufacturers, cash-in-transit groups and security consultancies, with representation from the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, South Africa, Canada, Australia and India.

Its main projects include the creation of a global ATM crime database and a global fraud alert system, as well as best practice manuals for the whole ATM security lifecycle, from cardholder security to cyber security.