Bringing together companies who power secure identification to promote the use of hardware-based security.
A security chip must be able to store security-critical data – for example keys, personal data or biometric information – and be able to protect the system in a wide range of totally different application fields. Until now, companies have focused on protecting on-chip data from criminal attack by concealing it. Sensors have been used to…
Infineon was recognized as most innovative IC supplier while NXP and Gemalto are the highest ranked smart card and IC vendors within ABI Research’s latest government, healthcare and citizen ID Competitive Assessment. The assessment consists of full year 2011 and first half 2012 market shares and two vendor matrices, one for secure ICs and the…
Infineon Technologies' new Flash-based security controllers have been awarded with the highest security certificate (Common Criteria EAL 6+ (high)) by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). They are the world’s first Flash-based security controllers fulfilling these currently highest security standards. The new SOLID FLASH™ security chips with “Integrity Guard” are aimed at use in…
Infineon Technologies' digital security technology “Integrity Guard” has been nominated for the “Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2012” – the German Federal President’s Award for Innovation and Technology. Infineon developed this new generation security technology for applications that require the highest level of data security and long time resilience. Important application fields for security controllers with “Integrity Guard”…
Infineon Technologies is supplying the security chips for Malaysia's new national electronic identity cards. Popularly known as ‘MyKad’, the new generation smart card features Infineon`s SLE 78 security controller with Infineon’s award-winning ‘Integrity Guard’ security technology. Malaysia takes advantage of this new security technology combined with SOLID FLASH™ for fast deployment capability. MyKad is a…
Watch this video to find out more about “Integrity Guard”, a security technology developed by Infineon Technologies to deliver an especially high level of long-lasting protection for sensitive data in applications such as credit cards and electronic government identification documents, e.g. passports or ID cards. With “Integrity Guard” sensitive information remains encrypted during transmission and processing. Even…
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…
Infineon Technologies have announced that its SLE 78 family of security controllers received security certification for use in electronic ID documents and chip card applications. The Germany Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) certified the high standard of security achieved by Infineon. Governments and public authorities all over the world use security controllers in ID…