Entersekt, a leading mobile security software development company, today announced that they were responsible for the development of the security infrastructure and the underlying mobile development environment that supports Nedbank’s recently released Application Suite. With this latest innovative solution, Nedbank has been provided with the foundation to develop, update and deploy multiple mobile applications to their customers in a simple and user-friendly way.

 Entersekt has the unique ability to deploy bi-lateral digital certificates to most mobile phones, thus guaranteeing secure communication between the user and the enterprise. The benefit is that this technology enables companies to provide both secure mobile and on-line access to applications.

 “Our priority is to not only make our clients’ digital experience with Nedbank secure, but to empower them to do all their transactional banking anywhere and at anytime,” commented Mike Brown, CEO of Nedbank. “The key advantage offered with our new application suite is that the Entersekt mobile development platform allows our customers the freedom to use the application regardless of their phone type, as it facilitates development and deployment to almost all mobile phones and not just smartphones. This is not the situation with other banks. In addition, since our deployment of this technology some six months ago and with over six million sessions under our belt, there has not been one single case of a phishing attack on our networks.”

 The Nedbank Application Suite includes a first-to-market on-line share trading offering, corporate batch authorisations and business banking password reset capabilities. Other useful Nedbank Applications include mobile banking, balance enquiry, payments, transfers, branch locators, foreign exchange calculators and application lead forms.

 Nedbank previously released ‘ApproveIt’, an interactive transaction authentication solution that was also developed by Entersekt. This used USSD technology and allowed their internet banking customers to authenticate each account transaction, thus placing the customer in control of their account activity.

 “Entersekt offers an enterprise security platform, which has been designed with the banking industry in mind,” added Schalk Nolte, CEO of Entersekt. “The focus is on the ability to scale to millions of users and to remove the complexity and vulnerability of solutions which are currently being used by many banks internationally.”

 “The Entersekt security solution eliminates the need to carry multiple authentication devices, works on most phones and provides users with complete control over their transactions,” concluded Nolte. “Hardware and software tokens have been proven to be susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks but the Entersekt solution provides complete protection against this and provides a safer on-line and mobile transaction environment for all.”

 For further information, please contact Jenny Dugmore tel. +27 (0)21 815 2800; fax +21 (0)21 815 2899; e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 Editors note

 Entersekt is a mobile security software development company that is primarily focused on the banking and financial services markets through the enabling of user mobility. Based in Stellenbosch, South Africa, with offices in the UK and representation in the USA, Entersekt uses an underlying PKI infrastructure developed for mobile devices that secures both users and transactions. Entersekt is the first company in the world to roll out a transaction authentication solution to secure a bank’s online customer base. The Entersekt software secures millions of transactions every month.