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NRT launches end-to-end ATM, kiosk protection with SecureSmart

June 16, 2016

NRT Technology Corp., a provider of cash access kiosks and payment services for casinos, has launched SecureSmart, an initiative that promotes the addition of layers of protection — such as end-to-end encryption, tokenization and EMV — to the payments process.

NRT is adopting EMV, point-to-point encryption and tokenization technologies across its entire payments ecosystem, according to a company press release. The effort starts with the ATM, POS and QuickJack kiosks and continues through NRT's communications infrastructure and its payments switching and processing data center platforms.

"As part of our push for complete end-to-end security, I personally challenged my management team to build the best payment security ecosystem in the casino industry and I am thrilled to be able to say they have surpassed my expectations," said NRT President and CEO John Dominelli. "The encryption and tokenization solution they developed is truly world class, and the best part is that deploying this solution for our casino customers will be a seamless and streamlined process."

The company said its push for end-to-end security and component hardening across hardware, software and infrastructure was possible only because NRT builds, develops and maintains all of its own solutions.

"If we had to rely on hardware providers, third-party development firms, data center operators and security consultants to develop and deploy this kind of security solution I think this SecureSmart announcement would have come in 2019, not 2016," said NRT VP of Marketing and Product Michael Dominelli. "We were able to make this happen because NRT is the only provider of cash access kiosks and processing services that maintains and controls its own infrastructure. Controlling our own solutions is a decision we made for this exact reason."