Problem:
Finding a secure alternative to hardwired network connections to ATMs
Solution:
Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) offer the height of banking convenience. Financial institutions strive to keep their machines online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to satisfy customer demand. Downtime means frustration for customers and potential revenue loss for banks.
A national banking institution wanted to find a way to ensure greater uptime and to reduce installation costs and monthly telecommunications fees for its 650 off-premise ATMs. Off-premise ATMs are located at sites which the operator does not own, such as convenience stores, grocery stores, gas stations or sporting venues. Since the operator does not own or manage the site, securing wire-line facilities and managing the installation process can be time consuming and costly.
Secure data transfer is a requirement for mission-critical applications such as ATMs, since highly sensitive information is transmitted. The Digi Connect WAN VPN wireless WAN cellular router provides data transmission through a secure industry standard Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) tunnel with Triple DES (3DES) and up to 256-bit AES encryption. It also creates a static IP connection to the remote site, which enables the host to easily communicate with the remote device, regardless of IP address. This means customers can use more standard, less custom and less expensive data plans from the wireless carriers.
This regional bank migrated to the Digi Connect WAN VPN for primary networking to its ATMs and enjoyed several benefits:
- Quick and easy deployment with existing IP infrastructure
- Wireless connections enable ATMs to be relocated or removed easily
- Cost-effective cellular rate plans with GSM and CDMA carriers enable the bank to pay only for the airtime they use
- End-to-end IPsec encryption ensures secure wireless transactions
- Better bandwidth results in higher transaction speed and happier customers
- Digi Connectware® Manager remote management software (included) provides easy remote troubleshooting and enables faster time-to-repair for broken connections
Now you can...
Replace hardwired network connections to ATMs with wireless cellular.
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