Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Trusted Labs joins GlobalPlatform

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Trusted Labs, a security consulting and evaluation services, has become the latest organization to join GlobalPlatform, the international specification body for smart card infrastructure.

Joining at participating member level, Trusted Labs will play an role in GlobalPlatform’s Card Committee, where it will contribute to the evolution of interoperable smart card specifications as well as support GlobalPlatform’s efforts towards developing an open compliance ecosystem. Trusted Labs will also have the opportunity to take part in GlobalPlatform’s Advisory Council, provide input to both the mobile and government task forces and will have voting privileges in matters that come before the membership. [end] 

GlobalPlatform announced that it will hold a two-day card specification training session March 1-2 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.

Directly preceding CARTES North America 2012 (March 5-7, Las Vegas), the training session will aim to educate CARTES delegates and other participants on the importance of GlobalPlatform Specifications, their capabilities and functionality.

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GlobalPlatform extended its compliance program for validation that secure products meets the requirements of GlobalPlatform’s new basic financial configuration.

This advancement meets industry demand for a qualification process which confirms that a financial card product operates within the payment landscape.

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GlobalPlatform released a white paper explaining how technology can be leveraged to enhance the flexibility and security of electronic transaction systems, such as a public transport authority or electronic identity provider.

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GlobalPlatform has launched the first in a series of online guides that will explain in simple terms the association’s current projects and technologies.

Up now on the GlobalPlatform Web site, the first guide covers Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), or the hardware and software on a mobile device that ensures that sensitive data is stored, processed and protected.

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GlobalPlatform and SIMalliance have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve application security on mobile devices.

Through the formal partnership, the associations say they will work together to develop an end-to-end solution that will enable a mobile device application to communicate with an application loaded in a secure element.

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GlobalPlatform has announced that Clear2Pay, a global payment solutions provider, and Shanghai COS, a chip operating system (COS) developer, have become the organization’s newest members.

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