Messaging

SWIFT WebAccess
Connectivity
Offering you secure and reliable access to your service
providers web applications over SWIFTNet

With regulatory requirements Our solution

ever tightening, and security SWIFT WebAccess offers you a secure
threats continually increasing, and reliable screen-based channel to
financial organisations now access the interactive financial services
offered by your providers over web portals
require a unique level of control
Secure single-window over their operations. Critical
all by using your existing SWIFTNet
infrastructure. By leveraging your current
access to your web financial operations need to be SWIFTNet infrastructure, you do not
applications administered within a highly need to set up and manage dedicated
secure and controlled online connectivity (VPN), or other security
mechanisms; and you further benefit from
environment in which users all the security and reliability of SWIFTNet.
access is strongly protected and WebAccess also reduces user complexity
actions are fully traceable to the by enabling you to access multiple
individual user. applications using a single authentication
method enabling a simple, harmonised
Benefits user experience.
P
 rotects access to your critical
A variety of options exist for
applications with the security and SWIFT WebAccess builds upon our
reliability of SWIFTNet. you to connect to these services, previous interactive service, Browse.
with internet or proprietary WebAccess is distinct from Browse as
U
 ses your SWIFTNet infrastructure
as a single window access to channels as common solutions. it offers a SWIFT managed centralised
Yet, with cyber-threats an ever authentication service (detailed above),
multiple services. No need to set
offering you a single sign-on access to all
up and manage a new dedicated present risk, the internet may your applications.
channel. not measure up to the security
E
 asy adoption of new services as and reliability demanded by
your connectivity, infrastructure, mission-critical applications.
tools and processes are already in
place.
On the other hand, proprietary
channels require dedicated
infrastructure set-up costs for
each channel added, and require
customers to use a variety of
processes and tools, all of which
may have implications on the
resources needed to implement
and maintain.
 Service

Service

Customer SWIFT Service

WebAccess

Service

Service

Benefits in using SWIFT WebAccess

Key features a harmonised experience in accessing

Product features
applications from various providers as
A secure and reliable channel to Channel security: MV-SIPN &
well as unique processes to manage user
access your critical applications HTTPS Screen-based channel
credentials and roles across differing
With WebAccess you can connect over with the security and reliability of
services.
the SWIFT-managed MV SIPN network, SWIFTNet, offering multi-layered
providing infrastructure resilience and Non-repudiation service
encryption and integrity protection
multi-layered session-based integrity and Service providers can optionally request
User-level security: SWIFTNet PKI
confidentiality protection. Your users are a non-repudiation confirmation over
Strong user authentication based
strongly authenticated with individual WebAccess for end-users to authorise
on SWIFTNet PKI certificates
SWIFTNet PKI certificates stored in critical transactions. WebAccess displays
stored in hardware (HSM box or
hardware (HSMs or personal tokens), the transaction information sent by the
personal token)
ensuring traceability of their actions service provider over a confirmation
Single sign on: Centrally managed
individually. You control which users can screen for review by the end-user. The
user access User authentication
access which applications. end-user provides their confirmation
is validated centrally, thereby
by signing the transaction using their
Easy set up offering users with single sign-on
personal certificate, which ensures
You can leverage your SWIFTNet access to multiple services
non-repudiation and traceability at the
infrastructure to establish a new access Access Control: Role-based
end-user level. SWIFT stores the signed
to an application. No need to set up access control (RBAC) You
transaction centrally for 124 days and can
and manage dedicated connectivity control which of your users are
act as trusted third-party between the
(VPN), or other security mechanisms. authorized to access which
service provider and the end-customer.
Furthermore you have 3 options for using application
WebAccess: 1) over Alliance WebPlatform Costs
using certificates stored on HSM; 2) Optional features
over a standard internet browser using The costs include a monthly usage
Transaction confirmation: Non-
certificates stored on personal tokens; fee, which depends on the size of the
Repudiation service SWIFT
and 3) over Alliance Lite2 using certificates service, as well as a per transaction fee
provides a complete non-
stored on personal tokens. if the service uses the secure transaction
repudiation service for critical
feature. The fees are included in SWIFTs
Single window across service providers transactions, enabling individual
Fixed Fee arrangements. Factors such as
WebAccess provides you with a single- traceability of your operators
expected throughput may also impact on
window access to multiple services from actions (with SWIFT as a trusted
costs.
different providers. You can re-use the third-party)
connectivity, the infrastructure, the user Flexibility of access: Internet
environment and access methods, as well support your users can access
as the user management processes and applications over the internet if
tools across differing services. No need enabled by your service provider
to set up and maintain new, individual
channels for each application. For more information, please visit: the
Single Sign On SWIFT WebAccess webpage or contact your
You can use the same certificate to SWIFT account manager
access multiple services over WebAccess.
You login to WebAccess and obtain
access to all your applications at once.
57119 - JUL 2015

WebAccess therefore provides users with

SWIFT 2015