Protect Your Customers With Effective Atm Security Services

By Author: Nicolas Rodriguez
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ATM manufacturers should be assiduous in making ATM machines. They must evolve excellent security features in making the equipments of the machine. This is because these equipments have growing presence in both retail business and small business across the country. Public needs to depend on and trust these independently owned machines. Two leading manufacturers of ATM machine such as NCR and Diebold are constantly improving their security features to protect customers.
Constantly improving ATM security allows the movement of cash with highest protection afforded to both the customer and the proprietor. The security features ensure the integrity of each transaction along with the safety of funds stored inside the machine. Physical features along with software design help to prevent breaking into the vault or customer’s bank information through technological means.
An industry standard has been set up for ATM security purposes. This standard specifies that models designed to store cash during business hours are able to withstand a physical attack at least for five minutes of duration. All the units of the machine ...
... offer either combination or electronic locks. These electronic locks are little bit expensive because these add an extra measure of safety as the access codes can be changed if need be or if a five minute delayed access sequence can be added. NCR and Diebold, the two ATM manufacturers, evolve these security features in ATM machines.
In this type of security set up, most of the units come with a removable and reloadable cash cassette that can be filled and serviced anywhere in a secured area. Moreover, exploding dye packs is a popular feature that can be added to the cash cassette to mark the bills if there any theft or tamper take place. The GPS units can easily be installed to facilitate tracking of the ATM machine for further protection purposes.
Manufacturers like NCR and Diebold recommend installing an ATM unit by securing it to a surface, mainly bolting it to a cement floor. A surveillance camera has also been advocated to deter or pursue any criminal activity. Customer safety and priority always have high priority. To prevent ATM fraud, ATM machines must have Triple Data Encryption Standard. This is an industry wide and government recognized standard required to be installed on all new machines to protect personal identification numbers. In fact, new machines have also a dip style card reader in place of older technology where the personal ID card was pulled into the machine for process. These two new features add customer security and bind barriers for fraud and potential hackers.
Due to the growing advancement in manufacturing and technology, the ATM machines are not only just for banks. Rather, it has been estimated that seventy percent of ATM machines are now located in public places like restaurants, malls, gas stations, airports etc. and the remaining thirty percent are found in financial institutions. Recent modifications have been made in ATM machines to make it safe accessible for small business houses with sufficient potential to justify the investment.
About the author :
Nicolas Rodriguez, a technical consultant of a large and well known ATM manufacturer, loves to write about the latest advancements of financial technology. If you want to know about all things of NCR and Diebold ATM, like ATM Parts, ATM Repair, ATM Service, keep an eye on his articles.