In-house software development is tempting, but in the long
run it is invariably more expensive than solutions offered by software vendors, and the results are less
satisfactory, unless the system being developed is specific to your business. Banks are in the banking business.
Their software personnel may have enormous expertise in supporting the financial aspects of banking. But banks
are not in the online security business, or the IT communications or wireless communications business. They
should not need to develop the expertise required to provide complete, robust, scalable and maintainable
solutions in these fields. Software developers utilize the expertise gathered from all of their customer
experience, and spread development costs over all customers. A software vendor's product reflects the cumulative
experience of many customers and of experts in the specialty field serviced by that product.
IDentiWall
is no
exception to this rule. Moreover, IDentiWall is the result of a cooperative, consortium effort to provide secure
e-banking, so IDentiWall customers benefit from the experience of many banks and financial institutions.
IDentiWall also incorporates syndication functions that are hard to implement in standalone systems you might
build at home.
It's no secret that maintenance is most of the price of any
software project. That includes correcting any defects, meeting future needs, and coping with expanded capacity
and business operations. A large pool of users ensures that any defects are detected rapidly, and the cost of
correcting them does not fall on a single customer. A security system like IDentiWall will be constantly updated
to reflect emerging threats detected by experts, and will not become obsolete when banking software is altered.
If you develop your own system, it also reflects the present needs and business operations of your bank or
financial institution. These may change and expand as your business expands. Your solution may not be able to
handle expanded capacity, multinational operations or new functions that you will undertake in the future.
IDentiWall is designed to handle the largest e-banking and e-commerce operations and it is meant to grow with
them. Our business is maintaining our software, so the system will not become obsolete and unusable because a
key programmer left the organization.
A customer could also be their own banker. Do you think that
would be wise?
The table below compares the advantages of IDentiWall versus
in-house development of banking security solutions.
Comparison Sheet:
In-house security system versus IdentiWallTM
|
In House solution |
IDentiWall |
Feature |
|
No. There is no external source of information about the threats
or how to combat them. |
Yes! Outside expertise will
always be available due to participation in an international consortium to combat online fraud and develop secure
e-banking. |
Outside expertise for continued development. |
|
No. The bank is an expert in banking. It may have considerable
IT and software expertise, but this is not comparable to the resources of a software developer. |
Yes! |
Developer is expert in software development and maintenance. |
|
No. The bank has limited expertise in security solutions.
|
Yes! The developer's
considerable expertise in security solutions allows incorporation of basic sophisticated functions such as
Transaction Verification, Split transaction and Two factor verification |
Developer is an expert in security solutions |
|
No. The bank will have to finance all the development.
|
Yes! |
Development costs distributed over many installations. |
|
? Each type of
attack may require new development. |
Yes! Product identifies and
frustrates attacks based on different techniques such as phishing and man-in-the-browser. |
Identification and frustration of attacks. |
|
No. Standalone system with no possibility for cooperation. |
Yes! Syndication allows
pooling of information about attacks. |
Syndicated protection. |
|
? Changes in
banking system software can require changes in security functions. |
Yes! Security system is
not affected by changes in banking software. |
Independent security and banking functions. |
|
? Development
may not look much beyond your current business. |
Yes! IdentiWall is
designed to handle the largest capacities and widest variety of financial operations. |
Handle future expansion. |
|
? Depends on
additional development. |
Yes! Future development
includes plans to handle threats that experts believe will soon emerge, including mobile and synchronized
viruses, Multiple-Session attacks, and code injection in mobile phones. |
Handling of future threats |
|
? |
Yes!
IdentiWall can reach customers even when they are out of range of
their cellphone carrier. The solution does not impair security and provides flexibility in the service.
|
Solution for wireless customer out of range |
|
? |
Yes!IDentiWall can operate
with "pure voice" cellular telephones. |
Solution for wireless handsets with no SMS. |
|
? |
Yes! IDentiWall supports
roaming, even if the customer changes handsets. |
Solution for cellular roaming. |
|
?
|
Yes! Guaranteed delivery
provides secure connection to cellular operator and failover dialog. |
SMS Quality of Service (QoS) |
See also:
IDentiWall versus in-house development
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IDentiWall Protects against online Security
Threats
Made4Biz IDentiWall provides a robust, scalable, upgradeable
security solution for online financial transactions through the public Internet and virtual private networks.
Its theft-proof authorization mechanism alerts victims and security personnel to ongoing attempts to use stolen identities.
It combats attacks based on phishing, man-in-the-browser software, code injection and other hacker
strategies.
The heart of the system is an innovative mechanism for
dual-network authentication and verification, taking advantage of customers' wireless telephones to provide a
one-time password for each entry using SMS. This innovation makes possible a system that is easy to use,
requires no new hardware and no changes to banking software or customer computer software.
IDentiWall builds on this functionality to provide a complete
out of the box system that is robust, scalable, maintainable, and ready to meet threats that will emerge with
developing technologies as well as existing ones.
A sophisticated database and policy mechanism make it possible
to use user location, past behavior and other information to optimize the response to attacks. A syndication
mechanism ensures that financial institutions and their IDentiWall systems are alerted to general threats, and
an investigative workbench allows tracking and surveillance.
IDentiWall is ideal for online e-banking, brokerages and
e-shopping. IDentiWall supports a hacking and phishing-proof new e-shopping method.
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today?
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what IDentiWall does and how it does it
IDentiWall Technology - This table outlines the sophisticated
technologies underlying IDentiWall
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measure up against other types of solutions?
IDentiWall versus in-house development - Read this before you try
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