by Steve Atkins

Gemalto R&D project selected for pan-european EUREKA innovation award

Gemalto has announced that the MEDEA+ ONOM@TOPIC+ project has been short-listed as one of the three finalists for the EUREKA Innovation award. EUREKA is a pan-European initiative uniting 38 member countries with shared goal to support companies and research institutes in transnational R&D projects. The selection by the EUREKA jury demonstrates Gemalto’s innovation capacity applied… Read More

by Steve Atkins

Infineon Announces Production of Security Chips in U.S. Foundry; IBM Burlington Plant Qualified to Supply Security Chips for Secure Government ID Programs

Infineon Technologies AG have announced that IBM  will manufacture Infineon-designed highly-secure integrated circuits (ICs) used for secure identification applications, including electronic passports compliant with international travel regulations and the U.S. Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards. The planned production at IBM’s chip fabrication plant in Burlington, Vermont, provides U.S. manufactured components for suppliers to U.S. government… Read More

by Steve Atkins

BSI chooses the GlobalTester™ developed by HJP to test the new ID card

HJP Consulting is expanding the GlobalTester Software™ for the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in order to implement the conformity tests for the new German ID card and the associated reading devices. Following successful use with the conformity tests for e-passports, the BSI will once again be using the GlobalTester™ platform to evaluate the test specifications provided by… Read More

by Steve Atkins

Seamless travel throughout Europe on a single smart card:

Calypso, ITSO & VDV are the first to demonstrate interoperable multi-application smart ticketing in international public transport use. Three European smart ticketing organisations Calypso Networks Association (Belgium), ITSO (UK) and VDV (Germany) have demonstrated that a single smart card can be used for public transport across all three ticketing systems. In an innovative international multi-application demonstration, tickets from three national transport ticketing… Read More

by Steve Atkins

German BSI certifies Infineon’s ‘Integrity Guard’ security technology and SLE78 family of security controllers

Infineon Technologies have announced that its SLE 78 family of security controllers received security certification for use in electronic ID documents and chip card applications. The Germany Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) certified the high standard of security achieved by Infineon. Governments and public authorities all over the world use security controllers in ID documents… Read More