machine learning to support activities like credit risk scoring , instant pricing quotes for business banking , and anti money-laundering identification and prevention .”
For a bank , security is paramount , and Atom ’ s cybersecurity protection is comprehensive . It utilises encryption , access control , vulnerability management , firewalling , DDoS scrubbing amongst other security controls to protect its customers ’ data .
“ We look at the full stack in terms of protection the app , has encrypted traffic by default alongside not trusting the device . We always look to leverage a zero-trust model , which is important as a bank ,” Bhattacharya reiterates . “ We have a continuous security testing cycle using third parties to give us more information about security threats from their perspectives . Our security is strict , it ’ s very tight and we clearly classify data as part of managing it , as well as from a security perspective .”
The technology Atom uses is in service of providing a better
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE :
Rana Bhattacharya Title : Chief Technology Officer
Company : Atom bank Industry : Financial Services Location : Durham
Recognised by Computing as one of the top 250 IT Leaders in 2019 , and a member of the Executive Committee at Atom since April 2017 , responsible for IT , Change and Programme Management . Rana has experience in large-scale systems development and delivery success for major players in the finance sector . Before joining Atom , Rana held roles such as Chief Architect at Nationwide Building Society and Senior Manager for Architecture and Delivery at Accenture . fintechmagazine . com