29 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024 “The mantra of any good security engineer is: ‘Security is not a product, but a process,’” observed world-renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier. “It’s more than designing strong cryptography into a system; it’s designing the entire system such that all security measures, including cryptography, work together.” The distinction between the two approaches is important, especially given that instant games are inherently complex creations themselves — involving multiple disciplines as they advance through design, printing, and the distribution of tickets to their final sale to a player. Recognizing several years ago that the system for producing instants was ripe for total reimagining, IGT invested in designing a revolutionary, patented new security system, NextGen, in which all the aspects, including stateof-the-art cryptography, work together. By virtue of IGT’s process-oriented approach, NextGen provides the highest levels of security and unprecedented transparency throughout the instant ticket development and manufacturing process. It is now used to generate secure instant games for IGT customers worldwide. Keith Cash, IGT Vice President Global Instant Ticket Services, discussed the features and advantages of NextGen: One way to innovate is to change the model entirely. How did IGT’s NextGen do this for instant ticket security? Keith Cash: Unlike legacy systems, which have evolved over time and typically “kludge” separate security products An advanced, holistic view of security underpins IGT’s patented NextGen instant ticket security system. Here’s a closer look at how this innovative process was designed to uniquely support lotteries’ core value of game integrity.
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