Atalla Trusted PrintMail Center (ATPC)

HP Atalla Trusted PrintMail Center (ATPC)

ATPC is a complete, integrated, and secure in-house solution to generate, print, and distribute sensitive data to local or remote printers. i-TransAct is a technology partner to HP, and spearheads in sales and provides technical support for ATPC.

Features at a glance

• Generates and securely prints PINs, passwords, or cryptographic key components
• Sensitive data is never in the clear from hardware security module to secure form
• ATPC Network Security Processor is certified to FIPS 140-2 Level 3 standard
• Configurable parameters and user-driven graphical user interface (GUI)
• Multiple secure printers provides for growth and scalability 

Problem with printing and mailing PINs:

• Banks spend countless dollars & endless time securing customer PINs in banking networks
• PINs are vulnerable to unauthorized access when sent to a printer
• In the wrong hands, an institution’s competitiveness & success is irreparably damaged
• Eliminate the weakest link in a financial institution's operations

ATPC Architecture Overview

Secure Distribution of PINs or Passwords

The Atalla Trusted PrintMail Center (ATPC) is a cost-effective, in-house solution to generate PINs (Personal Identification Numbers) and to print PIN mailers that advise account holders of their PIN in a secure manner. A PIN mailer is a tamper-evident form where the PIN is never visible to anyone until the intended recipient opens the folded secure form. Until the advent of the ATPC, this essential process within financial institutions has often been less than truly secure.

After a secure initialization process on the ATPC hardware, the user may input customer and bank data either online or in batch mode. Customer PINs are generated within the secure boundary of a custom Atalla Network Security Processor (NSP) and encrypted with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The PINs are then transmitted to a local or remote HP LaserJet Printer where they are decrypted. An HP LaserJet Print-to-Mail accessory folds and seals the PIN mailer for distribution by post. Customer PINs are never “in the clear” throughout the process until the end-customer opens the tamper-evident seal.

The Atalla ATPC application supports Visa, MasterCard, and American Express options, multiple BINs (Bank Identification Number), multiple encryption keys, manual or batch input of customer data, configurable card embosser output, and a full range of comprehensive search and reporting features.

Banks, brokerage houses, benefit providers, or any organization that assigns PINs for secure access to accounts may save time and money using the Atalla Trusted PrintMail Center when compared to costly third-party bulk production organizations. The ATPC application provides ample flexibility to customize the solution to the needs of any financial institution including the requirement to print password notices, instead of PIN mailers, on the secure form.

ATPC Application Server and Custom NSP

• Both have the latest 1U, rack-mountable HP industry standard server technology with hardened perimeter
• Secure bezel
• Double Medeco locks
• Strengthened skins
• Application server runs Windows 2000 with SQL and ODBC
• Atalla ATPC Network Security Processor
• Runs custom ATPC command set
• Certified to FIPS 140-2 level 3 specifications
• Same ease-of-use features as all new Atalla NSP
• Configured with SCA

HP 4x00 LaserJet Printer components

• Industrial-strength monochrome printer
• 25 to 96 pages per minute
• Secure DIMM for AES decryption
• Encrypt print jobs at their source and decrypt only within the printer
• If no decryption command, printer functions as standard printer
• HP Print to Mail Accessory
• Automatically prints, folds and seals PrintMail forms
• Secure PrintMail form from Atalla
• Prepare mailings easily and efficiently in a complete desktop system
• Reduces operating costs while adding security and accuracy

Atalla Trusted PrintMail Center

• Complete PrintMail solution
• Application and server
• Hardware security module
• Secure printer and print to mail
• Flexible and user-friendly application
• PINs or passwords
• Key components
• Graphical user interface
• Secure PrintMail solution
• Secure initialization
• End-to-end encryption