Each year the attackers are becoming more ambitious
and ruthless in their criminal activities. In the past year
the use of military-grade explosives has been on the rise,
which is why the amount of collateral damage is increasing.
Across Europe, physical attacks have been relatively
constant since 2018 at around 4,500 attacks per year.
Cybercrime and related issues
Malware and logical attacks such as skimming, jackpotting,
black boxing and network attacks have seen a slight
decrease in the number of cases while the amount stolen
has remained the same or even increased. Self-service
only locations and deserted foyers, on the other
hand, encourage other types of fraud such as shoulder
surfing.
Safety across the board requires
an holistic approach
As a result, access systems to branches are becoming
increasingly important for monitoring self-service areas,
as is the use of artificial intelligence. One single security
measure, such as making an ATM or self-service area
more secure to reduce the incentive to commit crimes, is
not sufficient. Security depends on several factors, which
is why banking associations, the German Association of
Property Insurers (VdS) and state criminal police offices
recommend comprehensive security concepts.
An holistic approach includes the installation site, the safe
and its resistance class, the type of device installation,
Security
the cash supply and retrieval space, burglar alarm and
video technologies, the lighting of the site as well as the
ink stain solutions for banknotes and the use of tracking
technology for devices or cash cassettes. These security
measures must be customized for the site in question
in order to minimize the potential for attacks. To provide
sufficient resistance during a crime, for example, it is common
today to use safes with resistance class IV (EX GAS).
Security starts in
product development
All KEBA products are designed and developed to meet
high quality and security standards. All measures that are
considered critical for crime prevention are included in the
product standard. In the design phase of the evo series,
for example, the product managers and developers at
KEBA designed a cash recycling ATM from the ground
up to have the highest security standard and constantly
sought advice from renowned security experts during the
development phase.
“Hidden” vault openings secured by covers, reduced vault
space to limit the amount of gas that can be injected and
ExGas vault options are just some of the measures used
in this series.
Our KEBA experts would be happy
to advise you on the comprehensive
security options available at KEBA.
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