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SiS joint project: System integrity for self-service systems (SiS)
achelos involved as an expert in smart card technology and security processes
| System integrity for self-service systems (SiS) | Improved protection of ATMs as a central self-service system
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| Project duration | 2010 to 2013
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| Project partners | University of Paderborn
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| Overall project management | Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH (now Diebold Nixdorf AG)
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| Project contribution by achelos | Expertise in smart card technology and security processes
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| Project volume | More than €2 million, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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| Funding code | 01IS10030D
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| Final report (in German) | Abschlussbericht SiS-Verbundprojekt
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achelos involved as an expert in smart card technology and security processes
The overall goal of the project was to improve the protection of ATMs as a central self-service system. The project partners formulated a holistic concept to safeguard the integrity and overall security of ATMs in terms of hardware and software. New identity-based cryptographic methodologies are being adopted to verify the integrity of software and hardware, with achelos actively contributing to the project by providing expertise in smart card technology and security processes.
- Analysis of existing security processes
- Definition of adapted security processes
- Prototype implementation
Four companies based in Paderborn are working together on a collaborative research project focused on IT security
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has provided funding for the SiS joint project, which focuses on developing a security token to safeguard system integrity in self-service machines. The project, which had a total budget exceeding two million euros, involved achelos, the University of Paderborn, Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH, and Morpho Cards GmbH.
31 August 2011 | Announcement from the Institute of Computer Science:
Better protection for ATMs – Institute of Computer Science secures system integrity for self-service systems (in German)
The project partners concluded their final report in 2013.
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