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Raiffeisen Bank secures 5,500 European ATMs with NCR Solidcore Suite

The whitelisting software protects ATMs from insider attacks by preventing the introduction of unauthorized code onto the network, NCR says.

October 16, 2015

Germany's Raiffeisen Bank International AG has rolled out the NCR Solidcore Suite for APTRA Software across more than 5,500 ATMs in seven Eastern European countries, according to an NCR Corp. press release.

"ATM security is a top priority for banks as fraud is costly and has a negative impact on customer trust and loyalty," said Gareth Evans, Group program manager for shared service centers at RBI. "We had to upgrade our ATM network from Windows XP and at the same time we reviewed security measures. We found that we could augment the level of security whilst reducing the cost of software and hardware maintenance."

NCR Solidcore Suite for APTRA is a comprehensive ATM whitelisting software that protects devices from insider attacks by preventing the introduction of unauthorized code onto the network. In this way, the software defends against known and unknown malware and fraud attacks on the ATM, NCR said.

Solidcore Suite for Aptra includes both logical and physical solutions, according to the release. For instance, in addition to protecting against the execution of unauthorized code on ATM networks, the software shields cardholder data from card skimming attacks by detecting and jamming the signal from skimming devices, while notifying the bank in real time.

Following the initial configuration, the software requires low maintenance and is easy to customize, according to NCR.

"Our Solidcore Suite was designed to address two main challenges that banks are facing, said Michal Mierzejewski, RBI global account manager at NCR. "Firstly, to eliminate business risks posed by internal and external network breaches and secondly to reduce operating costs to optimize IT budgets."