Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

GlobalPlatform plans seminar

Thursday, September 16, 2010

GlobalPlatform has organized a session aimed at improving the security industry’s knowledge of its smart card functions and capabilities.

This will be Global Platform’s 9th year offering this one-and-a-half day session at the Smart Card Alliance’s Smart Cards in Government Conference. Other topics covered at the conference include sessions covering the details on secure channels, security domains, application programming interfaces, ID configurations, ISO frameworks, networked cards and GlobalPlatform’s Compliance Program and certification initiative. [end] 

Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group has joined GlobalPlatform as the organization’s latest Observer Member.

The Chinese chip design company focuses on the development and manufacture of application-specific secure chips across multiple sectors, including automotive, mobile/telecoms and payment. In joining GlobalPlatform, Shanghai Fudan will bring a its knowledge and experience in the manufacture of secure chips for specific functions, further strengthening the organization’s membership base of chip manufacturers.  

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GlobalPlatform is hosting two one-day seminars in Beijing and Tokyo on how the mobile industry is coming together to standardize secure application execution in mobile handsets.

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GlobalPlatform launched its latest specifications for the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE).

The organization has released two new specifications primarily for use by software developers working within the TEE space. The “TEE Systems Architecture v1.0” explains the hardware and software architectures behind the TEE, while the “TEE Internal API Specification v1.0” specifies how to develop trusted applications.

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GlobalPlatform has launched its second in a series of online guides explaining the association’s current projects and technologies.

This new guide addresses the role of secure elements (SE) in mobile devices and GlobalPlatform’s involvement in this area of mobile security. The FAQ-style guide is free to view on the organization’s website.

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