Athena Smart Cards receive new certifications
08 April, 2008
category: Biometrics
The Athena IDProtect 72K Java Card received U.S. Government FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certification while the Athena ASEPCOS Digital Signature smart card received the French Government Common Criteria EAL4+ certification for SSCD Type 3, enabling users to choose from Open Platform or file system based solutions for highest level of security required by government and large enterprise projects and digital signature according to the European directives.
The Athena IDProtect Java Card provides 72KB of available memory for customer applications with support for RSA 2048, AES, and 3DES on a Java Card 2.2.2 and Global Platform 2.1.1 operating system. The Athena ASEPCOS Digital Signature smart card provides 72KB of available memory for digital signature and authentication certificates and keys and additional user data. Available also with dual interface contact/contactless interfaces and match-on-card fingerprint biometrics, the Athena ASEPCOS Digital Signature card is an ideal platform for Government and Enterprise ID which requires Common Criteria certification.