Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific's number one supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), have announced that its contactless smart card reader with extended Application Protocol Data Unit (APDU) support, ACR1281U…
Tag: Federal Office for Information Security
Secunet makes border control infrastructure fit for the new ID card
Secunet has been commissioned by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) with the extension of the control infrastructure for electronic identity documents. Up to date border control applications like the "ePass-Client" or the e-Gate solution "EasyPASS" at Frankfurt airport read and check electronic data from e-passports. So that border officials can read all…
CeBIT 2011: BSI informiert über Cybersicherheit und sichere Mobilkommunikation
Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) ist vom 1. bis 5. März 2011 mit eigenem Stand sowie Vortragsveranstaltungen und Präsentationen auf der CeBIT in Hannover vertreten. Auf dem Messestand (Halle 11, Stand B46) informiert das BSI unter anderem zu Themen wie Cybersicherheit, sichere mobile Kommunikation, Internet-Sicherheit, IT-Grundschutz, den neuen Personalausweis und Cloud Computing.…
Infineon receives Innovation Award of German Industry for security technology “Integrity Guard”
Infineon Technologies have received the Innovation Award of German Industry for the best technological innovation. In the category of large-scale enterprises the prestigious award went to Infineon’s “Integrity Guard” security technology. This marked the third time Infineon has received this accolade. No other company in Germany has won the award more times in the last…
Bundesdruckerei Appoints Giesecke & Devrient to Supply Inlays for New Identity Card
Bundesdruckerei GmbH, the general contractor for the German identity card project, has appointed Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) to supply inlays for the new electronic ID card (nPA). Munich-based G&D will therefore be responsible for supplying the electronic components for the new identity document – including the microchip, smart card operating system and antenna.…
G&D and Secusmart provide German federal government with secure mobile communication solution
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Secusmart have released a new generation of the SecuVOICE solution for wiretap-proof cell phone calls. This new and improved version of the encryption solution will allow the German federal authorities to make phone calls - and also send SMS messages - without any risk of interception. The core component of…
nPerso: Neue Version der AusweisApp wird überprüft
This news item is currently not available in English. Please excuse the inconvenience. Nachdem in der Software AusweisApp, die zur Nutzung der eID-Funktion des neuen Personalausweises erforderlich ist, Schwachstellen bekannt wurden, haben die beteiligten Unternehmen (OpenLimit SignCubes AG und Siemens IT Solutions and Services GmbH) inzwischen eine überarbeitete Version der Software bereitgestellt. Diese wird derzeit vom Bundesamt für Sicherheit in…
HID Global Receives Common Criteria Certification for e-Gov Manufacturing Site in Ireland
HID Global, trusted worldwide leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced that it has obtained a site certificate for its Galway, Ireland e-government solutions manufacturing facility from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), which supports product certifications conformance up to the Common Criteria assurance level EAL5+. The site certificate…