With Promon SHIELD™, a new level of security has been implemented directly into the program. “Above all, it was the superior knowledge of the developers in this area that convinced us. This increases the security for online banking with StarMoney, as outlined by Jan Graffenberger as the key selection criteria:

With Promon SHIELD™ however, the application is protected at all times – without the end-user being involved. Thus, with anti-virus and firewall vendors each new threat requires a new security update which can result in considerable delays. With this approach, each new malware has to do some damage before the anti-virus software or firewall can provide protection. Here the Promon solution differs from conventional anti-virus and firewall vendors, which need to update their blacklists of known malware in order to retroactively identify the malware. Attacks from new and unknown Trojans are thus actively blocked.

Through the so-called whitelisting Promon SHIELD™ provides, StarMoney is protected against access from all other programs on the system and is only allowed to communicate with specific and approved programs. One of the requirements specified at that time was to effectively protect bank customers against threats such as trojans and keyloggers, without the need for continual updating of the software. As a market leader for products and solutions for the financial sector, Graffenberger and his team of security developers always have to be one step ahead of malicious software and hackers. The collaboration between Star Finanz and Promon started at the Cebit 2007, where the head of the development department, Jan Graffenberger, got to know the Norwegian company and their innovative Promon SHIELD™ security software. Promon’s patented mobile security technology provides comprehensive protection for StarMoney software against Trojans and Malware and was launched to the public at the Cebit Fair 2009. Since the release of StarMoney for private customers and StarMoney Business for small and medium businesses, Promon SHIELD™ has been integrated into the software. In online and mobile banking, Star Finanz with its market-leading software solutions is the leading vendor for business and private users. Star Finanz Software Development and Distribution GmbH,Ī Finanz Informatik company and part of the Savings Bank Financial Group, is one of the leading providers of mobile banking in Germany.

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