The announcement of a closer collaboration between the ATM Security Association for Enhanced Technology and the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) was received with great interest at the ATM Customer Experience & Security Summit (ACESS) in London in June. Both organizations are currently working on joining resources, intellectual property, databases, information and research to deliver new and powerful answers to the globally rising threats on ATM infrastructures.
Mike Lee, Chief Executive Officer of the ATMIA, and Joerg Engelhardt, Director Marketing & Finance of the ATM Security Association, presented at the ATMIA conference the strategic plan for the joint future. In a panel discussion moderated by the world expert in fraud and risk management, Douglas Russell, both industry leaders discussed the advantages and opportunities arising from the closer relationship between the organizations. They also presented a roadmap for detailed security threats analysis, which could be a basis for future crime prevention in the ATM industry.
“Our organizations have now specified the framework conditions on how the activities of the ATM Security Association’s working groups should be aligned with the work of current ATMIA committees and functions during 2019,” Engelhardt explained.
“The partnership will create a platform for enhanced global ATM security. We have a clear plan for our joint activities in 2019 and beyond,” Lee added.
A webinar on 28th August, hosted by Engelhardt, Lee and Uwe Krause, President of the ATM Security Association, will present the structures, processes and membership levels that will be needed to reinforce the global alignment of the two associations.
Further information on the Webinar “The power of two – update on the alignment of the ATM Security Association and ATMIA“ is available at https://www.atmia.com/conferences/