comforte AG and ITSS Global Launch Data Security Solution for Temenos Banks

The partnership between comforte AG and ITSS Global marks a significant advancement in the security architecture available to the global banking sector. By launching a dedicated solution for Temenos Transact, the two firms are addressing one of the most persistent vulnerabilities in digital finance: the exposure of sensitive customer data within core banking environments. As financial institutions increasingly migrate to cloud-native platforms like Temenos, the traditional perimeter-based security model is proving insufficient. This new offering shifts the focus from securing the network to securing the data itself, a philosophy known as data-centric security.

At the heart of this solution is comforte AG’s expertise in tokenization and encryption. Unlike standard encryption, which often renders data unusable for analytical processes without decryption, tokenization replaces sensitive data elements with non-sensitive equivalents. This allows banks to perform essential functions—such as risk assessment, customer analytics, and reporting—without ever exposing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to the underlying applications or unauthorized users. For ITSS Global, a long-standing partner in the Temenos ecosystem, this collaboration adds a critical security layer to their implementation and managed services portfolio, providing a turnkey solution for banks looking to harden their core systems.

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The partnership between comforte AG and ITSS Global marks a significant advancement in the security architecture available to the global banking sector.

The timing of this launch is particularly relevant given the tightening global regulatory landscape. With the implementation of frameworks like the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) in Europe and evolving data privacy laws in Asia and the Middle East, banks are under immense pressure to demonstrate Privacy by Design. The comforte-ITSS solution simplifies this compliance burden by ensuring that sensitive data is protected from the moment it enters the Temenos Transact environment. This reduces the scope of audits for regulations like PCI DSS and GDPR, as the actual sensitive data is effectively de-identified throughout its lifecycle.

Furthermore, the integration addresses the growing threat of insider attacks and sophisticated data breaches. By protecting data at the element level, even if a threat actor gains access to the Temenos environment, the information they find would be functionally useless. This level of granular protection is becoming a prerequisite for modern SaaS-based banking, where data is frequently shared across a web of third-party integrations and APIs. The solution is designed to be transparent to the end-user, ensuring that banking operations are not disrupted while the security layer operates in the background.

Looking ahead, this partnership signals a broader trend in the SaaS and Cloud industry toward specialized, platform-specific security integrations. As core business platforms become more complex, generic security tools are being replaced by purpose-built solutions that understand the specific data schemas and workflows of the host application. For Temenos, which serves over 3,000 financial institutions globally, having a robust, pre-integrated security option from comforte and ITSS enhances the attractiveness of their Transact platform to Tier 1 and Tier 2 banks that handle massive volumes of sensitive data. We expect to see similar deep-tier security partnerships emerge across other vertical SaaS sectors, such as healthcare and insurance, where data privacy is equally paramount.