Tests for financial applications: TÜVIT receives recognition as a test centre for BSI TR-03174

Thanks to digitalisation and smart applications, data relating to a person's finances can be accessed anytime and anywhere, e.g. via smartphone. This also makes it particularly worthy of protection. TR-03174 defines binding requirements for applications in the financial sector for the first time - from mobile apps and web applications to backend systems. It forms a verifiable standard for integrity, confidentiality and availability in the financial environment.

As a recognised testing body, we take over:

• The technical testing of your application in accordance with the requirements of BSI TR-03174.
• Analysing your system architecture, communication processes, cryptography and security.
• Support during communication with the BSI.
• Support during the entire certification process up to successful approval.

By being recognised as a test centre for TR-03174, we create a clear path for companies to bring their financial applications up to a certified security level. If a financial application fulfils all requirements, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) issues the desired certificate. This opens up new opportunities for companies in the financial sector: with a TR-03174 certificate, providers can demonstrate their security quality transparently and better fulfil regulatory requirements within the framework of DORA & Co.

TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH (headquartered in Essen, Germany) is a renowned IT security service provider and an independent testing institute and laboratory for IT security and cyber security in digitalisation. TÜVIT has been accredited worldwide since 1995 and creates trust in security measures at the level of business processes, data, applications and technologies through vulnerability analyses, audits and evaluations. TÜVIT is a powerful partner in detecting and responding to cyber attacks and ensures rapid restoration of business capability. In this way, businesses, public authorities and operators of critical infrastructures strengthen their regulatory compliance in the areas of confidentiality, integrity and availability as well as their holistic cyber resilience and IT security in the supply chain.

Together with ALTER TECHNOLOGY, TÜVIT forms the Digital & Semiconductor business unit. The business unit is a key pillar of the TÜV NORD GROUP, a knowledge company that has stood for security and trust worldwide for over 150 years. Engineers and IT security experts in more than 100 countries ensure that companies become even more successful in the networked world.