Lockdown POS, Kiosks and ATMs with Bit9

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Lockdown POS, Kiosks & ATMs

Locking down and securing today's POS, kiosks and ATMs has never been more challenging, as the 20-year-old antivirus industry that relies on pattern-matching and blacklisting is struggling to keep up with the exploding universe of malware. These front end transactional systems pose a serious security risk as they are often targeted by malicious hackers for their role in handling sensitive and valuable cardholder data. Yet most merchants, companies and organizations are unable to easily control what applications can and cannot run on these machines.

These fixed function systems are also capacity challenged trying to receive daily updates and patches that consume precious disk space and CPU cycles.

Bit9 Parity addresses these challenges by making it easier and more cost-effective to control these machines. The Bit9 solution gives IT and security professionals the ability to identify and decide which applications and devices are approved and appropriate to run in their environment, while blocking any unauthorized software, known and unknown malware, and the use of portable storage devices.

The Bit9 Parity solution helps:

Stop targeted attacks where there is no signature or behavioral pattern for defense
Reduce support and IT costs by eliminating frequent patching, scanning and signatures updates
Extend the life of these systems by eliminating the need for antivirus
Achieve Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance

By taking this positive approach to security with application whitelisting, Bit9 provides the ability to identify and run only approved software drastically reducing the amount of IT support and maintenance required on these systems.

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