Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

XIRING readers for the Brazilian Ministry of Finance

Friday, December 21, 2007

E-Safetransfer has received a purchase order for 15,000 Teo by XIRING readers from the Brazilian Ministry of Finance, through its department of Internal Revenue. This contract aims to equip the Department’s employees with smart card readers in line with the PKI smart card infrastructure in Brazil. RFB is part of the Brazilian PKI initiative - ICP Brazil - for the development of PKI security tools. The National PKI initiative plans to issue over 8 million smart card certificates (e-CPF), through hundreds of Registration Authorities in the country within the next two years. Teo by XIRING is a transparent PC/SC smart card reader that seamlessly integrates with PKI infrastructures. It is the interface between the smart card and the dedicated applications (online tax submission and payment applications). Teo by XIRING complies with market standards (USB v2.0, CCID) and is certified in MS Windows environments.

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