Pinelope

PIN DISTRIBUTION MADE EASY

Pinelope is a software developed to create PIN mailers used to distribute passwords or PINs (Personal Identification Numbers) in a tamper proof envelope to avoid unauthorized access. The same technology can be used for distributing salary statements or other personal information.

Verisec offers PIN mailers as a service to banks, government and corporate customers. The PIN application Pinelope was initially developed for the outsourced service provided by Verisec to support creation and management of PIN mailers.

Pinelope includes functions for:

Template creation (*.VPM format) and modification.
Template and PIN file merge with configurable batch quantities.
Protective raster technology (PRT) for PIN printing with raster background/ foreground (Useful when printing on patented security film such as Hydalam™).
Support for Bar Code printing.
Built-in error handling (e.g. printer jam).

For increased security, Pinelope may be used together with cryptographic hardware.

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The world's most secure PIN code

A statistical analysis on PIN codes in 2012 showed that as many as 11 percent of all users that chose their own PIN code picked the series “1234”. The most unusual code was “8068” and was chosen in 0,001 percent of the cases. Though after this information was published, you might imagine that It is ceased to be that unique. A randomly generated PIN code consisting of four numbers is, on the other hand, harder to guess. It requires 10 000 guesses to get it right.