The Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan

Country:  Kazakhstan
City:  Almaty

Background
 

• Reduction of risks related to potential fraud concerning the assets of the bank and its employees
• Prohibition of unauthorized financial transactions
• Prevention of malicious attempts to forge or counterfeit identifiers permitting access to corporate resources 

Scope
 

• Implementation of BioLink software and hardware solutions to safeguard the corporate information resources of the Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan
• Improved security
• Incorporation of innovations following the latest identification market trends and internationally accepted standards

Implementation
 

• Installation of biometric fingerprint scanners to capture high-quality images of fingerprints
• Digital fingerprint templates centrally stored on the BioLink Authenteon server, well-known for its high performance, fault-tolerance and scalability

 
Outcome
 

• Easy and non-intrusive biometric identification: the bank employee places his/her finger on a biometric scanner, and, upon successful identification, gains access to the protected information resources according to assigned rights.
• Elimination of passwords and tokens;
• Single distinct identifier – a fingerprint – to access all required resources
• Expected implementation of biometric identification functions in ATMs
• Positive feedback from bank personnel and IT experts
• Considerable improvement of access management procedures