Petach Tikva, Israel, March 23, 2004
ARX, a leading provider of security and cryptographic solutions, today announced the release of a new version for its leading Hardware Security Module (HSM), PrivateServer. The new version includes improved features such as a new graphical management tool and enhanced security mechanisms for protecting against brutal force attacks aiming to expose user’s PIN and master keys.
PrivateServer, is a network-attached HSM, renowned for its security, ease-of-use and simple deployment. Its remarkable feature of being able to be accessed by different applications from different servers makes it a cost-effective HSM solution for a large number of applications such 3-D Secure, PIN verification, transactions signing and encrypting.
Among the new features in PrivateServer Version 3.2 is a user-friendly graphical management tool. The tool has the ability to monitor and manage sensitive operations within PrivateServer. With management tool administrators can easily view and handle PrivateServer keys, users and session entries.
Another exciting feature is PrivateServer’s new ability to protect against brute-force attacks. In these common attacks malicious attacker try to break passwords, or PIN numbers, by sending dozens of password combinations to the HSM hoping to get a positive response from the HSM and reveling a valid password or PIN number. PrivateServer disables the verification process once certain thresholds of incorrect attempts have been reached. Thus preventing malicious users from using “brute-force” attack methods.
“Due to continuous credit card fraud, enhanced PIN and cardholder security is required. With the new enhancements made into PrivateServer, the product now offers a much more secure way to handle credit card fraud”, said Motty Alon, Vice President of Marketing, ARX. “Featuring the new abilities of PrivateServer version 3.2 enables users to experience a scalable and trustworthy transactions experience.
PrivateServer/EMV is already installed at dozens of financial organizations worldwide including leading banks and payment-card companies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Israel, and across Europe.
