U.K.-based Becrypt provides market leading data security solutions and data protection solutions that can be configured to the individual needs of your organisation. Their data security solutions provide comprehensive solutions for desktops, laptops, PDAs, USB sticks, mobile devices and removable media such as CDs. Becrypt protects customers in a number of key Government areas, including Central Government, Defence, Law Enforcement, and Customs and Excise. The company is also active in the corporate sector, with key customers in Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, and Banking.

His mission in this newly created role is to successfully expand and promote sales activities both nationally and abroad. This is to be achieved by positioning the whole Ergonomics product & services portfolio in the areas of electronic payment solutions, information security and risk management.

Ergonomics has brought on board an experienced professional who has worked in various front-orientated positions for well-known companies in Switzerland and abroad. In cooperation with the highly competent professional services team as well as with strategic partners Charles Lutz will strive to craft innovative, efficient and practical solutions – in close collaboration with customers.

Charles Lutz has an Executive MBA from University of Strathclyde Business School.

As a trusted security expert, Entrust provides layered security solutions that help provide confidence for consumers, enterprises and governments. More than 1,700 customers in 60 countries across the globe leverage Entrust's world-class solutions, which secure digital identities and information, as well as address the most common pain points in security-conscious organizations.

More than 40% (approx. 3.2 million) of all mobile phone owners in Switzerland use prepaid phone credits for their mobile phones. This means that they buy the call credits they need, generating turnover of more than CHF 1.2 billion annually. With ATM Mobile Voucher, mobile phone owners can now load their call credits with a Maestro card at ATMs. Until today, the call credits could be loaded at postal banking machines and SBB ticket vending machines, with scratch-off cards (available in stores and newsagents) or with Mobile Voucher from Telekurs Multi Solutions. The call credit loading process at ATMs takes place through a direct connection to the leading Swiss telecom providers.

Customers of the Krokus/AGI bank group and of UBS will be able to use this function as early as October 2008.

Webroot® Products Provide the Most Effective Network and E-Banking Security Protection. Spyware, viruses and other malicious malware threats become more aggressive and damaging every day. These threats can cause significant financial damage due to network downtime, decreased productivity costs, legal and compliance fees, and data loss. Webroot’s award-winning business solutions mitigate these security risks by providing the most effective protection against known and unknown threats including spyware, viruses, Trojans, keyloggers, rootkits, adware and other harmful intruders.

The Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) runs a program called Start-up Finance, which - as the name indicates - provides financing for start-up companies. The Ergonomics spin-off ePark24 AG has been selected by the ZKB to receive start-up capital. As an innovative financial institution, the ZKB has quickly identified the potential of the virtual parking meter ePark24. Further information on ePark24 can be found here.

On the 1st of September 2007, Ergonomics establishes a subsidiary in the Bern. Our new office is located in the old town at the Marktgasse 5, close to the Zytgloggen tower and only minutes from the main train station (map). With the Bern subsidiary, we strengthen our activities in the central region of Switzerland as well as the business unit Information Security & Risk Management.

Vasco Data Security International, Inc. (Nasdaq: VDSI), the leading software security company specializing in authentication products , announced that it has awarded PostFinance (www.postfinance.ch) with Vasco’s Market Vision Award. The award consists of a bronze sculpture by the Belgian artist Inge Dewilde.

In order to honour the bank’s focus on innovation and its visionary approach of security in an e-banking environment, Vasco will organize an award ceremony at the Orbit trade show in Zurich (Switzerland). The event was organized in close cooperation with Ergonomics (www.ergonomics.ch), Vasco’s trusted Swiss banking partner.

Jan Valcke, Vasco's COO presents the Vasco Market Vision Award to Jürg Bucher, CEO of PostFinance.

We employ the tool ProtAn® by BSGITSEC for the development of protection requirements analyses, which is one of the new services in our Information Security and Risk Management offering. By applying ProtAn® we identify the process- and application-specific requirements regarding system availability, data availability and integrity, as well as confidentiality. The analyses are jointly developed with the management of the operating departments.

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The Information Security Officer of the Federal Department of Justice and Police joins Ergonomics on May 1, 2007.

For the past seven years, Daniel Messerli was the Information Security Officer of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (EJPD). In the past four years, he was the designated Information Security Officer of the Department (ISBD).

During his tenure, he was in charge for the installation and operation of the SSO portal of the EJPD and for the integration of the Public Key Infrastructure of the Federal Department of Information Technology (BIT) for the strong authentication for all police and justice department systems and data bases.

Daniel Messerli is also lecturer for information security at the Lucerne School of Business (HSW), where he completed his post-graduate degree Master of IT Security.

He will be heading the division Information Security & Risk Management and offer his long-term experience to our customers. Messerli can rely on a team of proven consultants. Ergonomics' offerings in the security field include now the technical and organizational compentencies equally.

Ergonomics is the first software company that can provide the latest Bancomat software Version 5.1.

The Bancomat Version 5.1 supports new functions, which are important for banks and customers alike. One of the new features is the so-called Direct Currency Conversion (DCC) for cash withdrawals, where foreign card holders approve the transaction amount directly in their home currency.

Additional and more convenient functions facilitate the regular maintenance tasks for the ATM support personnel.

The new ep2 Library for Java supports all communication protocols of the ep2 standard. In addition to the communication protocols, the comprehensive security functions are also provided. The ep2 Library for Java is based on a modular component architecture.

Please finde more information about the ep2 Library for Java here.

Das 16. Finance Forum war wieder ein voller Erfolg. Die erstmals durchgeführte BPO Sonderschau war ein Publikumsmagnet.

Das Finance Forum zählt heute in der Schweizer Finanzszene zu den bedeutendsten Informations- und Networkingplattformen. Die klare Fokussierung auf die aktuellsten und wichtigsten Themen, die die Branche bewegen, wird von den Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern offensichtlich ebenso geschätzt wie von den Referenten.

So gelang es auch dieses Jahr wieder, Spitzenvertreter von Banken und Versicherungen für Referate und als Gesprächspartner bei den Paneldiskussionen zu gewinnen.

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (Nasdaq: VDSI) (www.vasco.com), the global number one vendor of strong user authentication and e-signature products, today announced the Swiss financial institute PostFinance (www.postfinance.ch) will start deploying Digipass 810 to its e-banking clients in the spring of 2007.

PostFinance is the financial services arm of Swiss Post. The last few years, PostFinance has developed into an all-round retail financial institution. With more than 720,000 online clients, its e-banking system E-Finance-yellownet is the largest financial services provider in Switzerland.

To add an extra layer of security to its successful banking channels, PostFinance opted for VASCO’s Digipass 810. The functionalities of Digipass 810 include EMV-CAP (Europay-Mastercard-Visa Chip Authentication Program), which makes PostFinance the first financial institute in Switzerland to use strong authentication that is EMV-CAP certified.

High resolution pictures of Digipass 810 can be downloaded at http://www.vasco.com/digipass_810.

“Security is a top priority for PostFinance, because online fraud increased with the successful development of e-banking,” said Thomas Dinkel, Project Manager at PostFinance. “We chose VASCO because of its vast experience as a strong authentication vendor to the financial world. VASCO’s Digipass 810 offers the advantage of a great range of personalization possibilities.”

“PostFinance is our first Swiss retail banking customer to use Digipass 810 EMV-CAP,” said Jan Valcke, VASCO’s President and COO. “Therefore, we applaud PostFinance’s visionary approach towards online security. We are convinced that PostFinance’s online banking applications will be even more successful in the future”

Ergonomics (www.ergonomics.ch) is VASCO’s trusted partner in Switzerland. Daniel Hofmann, CEO of Ergonomics, notes that the high quality of VASCO’s products was one of the important factors in the decision process.

PrivacyPUK allows to pre-personalize the SafeNet PKI cards (330/400) and the USB tokens (i2032/4000) in one simple step. PrivacyPUK generates PIN and PUKs based on the security policy of the organization, stores them on the card and prints a PIN-Mailer that can be handed over to the end-user of the card. The PUKs are encrypted and stored in a database. The helpdesk personnel can easily access the PUKs whenever needed. PrivacyPUK is available as of June 1st, 2006. Please find additional information on the product page.

The promising partnership between the ePMS supplier Ergonomics and the credit card acquirer Aduno was presented to the market at the recent trade show Igeho in Basel. Interested customers were able to gain insight of the benefits of this partnership.

Aduno SA: The Viseca Card Services AG based in Glattbrugg ZH was established in 1999 as a cooperative enterprise of the Swiss Kantonalbanken, the Raiffeisen-Group, the RBA-Banks, Migrosbank, Bank Coop as well as a number of private and commercial banks. In addition, PostFinance, Air France and Mercedes cooperate with Viseca for the issuance of their credit cards. The Aduno SA based in Bedano TI was founded on the 2nd of August 2005 as a fully owned subsidiary of the Viseca Card Services AG. Aduno currently handles credit- and debit card transactions for more than 48'000 merchants in Switzerland.