- Email: [email protected]
sQuid signs agreement with Manchester transport bosses
NEWS our staff to focus on doing their jobs, rather than wasting time having to remember streams of passwords to gain access to core applications. The new access-management system will enable us to improve clinical efficiencies and the quality and speed of our auditing as well as dramatically reducing password-reset related helpdesk calls, and their associated costs.” Historically, access to applications had been slow, with long login and logout times when changing users on workstations. As a result, many staff had remained logged in to allow other users to gain faster access to workstations, which was seriously compromising security. Mike Nelsey, Managing Director at Enline said: “NHS trusts are keen to realise the true potential of the smart cards they have been issued. But currently many are unaware that their smart cards, when used as part of an effective IAM solution, can fulfill a very large variety of uses, including access to information and applications that require specific authorisation, car park entry, door access or cashless vending. An effective IAM solution unlocks the potential of these cards, and the benefits to an NHS trust are substantial and immediate.”
biometric
TELECOMS NEWS
Sagem Morpho tops Match-On-Card test
T
he Information Access Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the results of the Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX) II Performance of Fingerprint Match-On-Card (MOC) Algorithms. Sagem Morpho’s MOC performance was reported by NIST to be the “most accurate Match-On-Card implementation” and was the only one to meet the standards for use in federal programs such as the US Government’s PIV and TWIC programs. A selection of the report’s significant findings includes: •
•
transit/e-purse
sQuid signs agreement with Manchester transport bosses
•
•
s
Quidcard and the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE), responsible for transport initiatives across one of the largest cities in the UK, have signed a contract to deliver a pre-paid transit smart card service. The service, to be piloted in the district of Bolton, will enable holders of the local council’s leisure smart card to make journeys on bus services operated by Arriva Manchester, using a stored value purse delivered through sQuidcard. Additionally, the eMoney purse will allow customers to also use the smart card for purchasing low-cost items such as newspapers, food and other convenience goods. According to sQuidcard: “As the only ITSO-compatible, low-cost eMoney network, the decision by the GMPTE to use sQuid as its travel settlement system is a significant achievement for the company and complements its recent tie-up with Bolton Council’s Smartcard.”
March 2008
The most accurate Match-on-Card implementation achieved the minimum error rate specifications specified by the United States’ Government’s PIV program. The most accurate implementation completed a verification within an average of 0.54 seconds (i.e. median) – 99% of verification results were returned with 0.86 seconds. False non-match errors, at the industry preferred false match rate of 0.0001, are from two to four times more frequent than at FMR = 0.01. As in MINEX 04, the use of two fingers greatly improves accuracy.
Sagem’s MOC algorithms were more than twice as accurate as the other submissions. Meanwhile, regardless of which of the 19 approved manufacturers created the reference template, the Sagem MOC matcher was able to successfully perform the match with a 1% or less error rate. The MINEX II evaluation will now continue in 2008 as Phase III. This will be an ongoing program to gauge improvements over existing implementations, and to evaluate others. NIST said it has invited comment on whether Phase III should include evaluation of proprietary templates, or extensions to ISO/IEC 7816 templates. (MINEX 04 showed that Match-Off-Card algorithms were substantially more accurate with proprietary vs. standard templates. Whether this holds for Match-On-Card has not been reported.) The full report is available at http://fingerprint.nist.gov/minexII/minex_report.pdf.
Gemalto and LG deliver Smart Card Web Server handsets Gemalto has announced its collaboration with LG in order to deliver Smart Card Web Server compatible handsets. Based on a tiny web server embedded in the SIM, Smart Card Web Server (SCWS) is a solution developed by the SIM industry to propose to operators a rich and portable environment to develop Multimedia SIM-based applications, and enhance the presentation and usability of their services. It also powers new applications such as data synchronization between the SIM and the handset, or personalization and customization of the handset environment from the SIM. Gemalto is working with LG to implement the Bearer Independent Protocol Transmission Control Protocol (BIP TCP) server mode into LG handsets to enable communication between the LG handsets and Smart Card Web Server. Oberthur Technologies joins with Spansion Oberthur Technologies is teaming up with Spansion, a provider flash memory solutions, to provide more secure memory management for mobile content applications in SIM cards. Oberthur Technologies has a track of record in advanced R&D notably with the launch of its high-density USIM card, GIGAntIC. With plans to use the Spansion MirrorBit HD-SIM solution, Oberthur Card Systems will now be able to provide more storage capacity by combining Flash memory with the SIM functionality on a single silicon chip. This solution will significantly ease assembly, testing and packaging. Gemalto provides NFC Mobile solution to Taiwan Mobile Gemalto has been chosen by Taiwan Mobile, one of Taiwan’s leading telecommunication service providers, to provide the world’s first commercial NFC (Near Field Communication) SIMbased mobile contactless system. It is designed to remotely manage the life-cycle of any type of contactless service within a mobile phone environment, especially payment applications that mandate high security levels. After multiple mobile contactless trials in Asia and in the rest of the world, Gemalto says its solution will allow Taiwan Mobile to register, issue, manage and terminate mobile NFC services over-the-air (OTA). Taiwan Mobile’s subscribers will be free to securely purchase goods, top-up their transport pass and proceed to coupons management just by using their mobile phone in a contactless mode. As most people always keep this personal device with them, the mobile contactless technology clearly brings them more freedom and convenience. This solution will be commercially rolled out nation-wide during 2008. It will enable banks, transport companies and other service providers to incorporate their services onto a mobile environment. This will complete Taiwan’s contactless experience along with previous commercial launches for payment and transport.
Card Technology Today
7
biometric
TELECOMS NEWS
Sagem Morpho tops Match-On-Card test
T
he Information Access Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the results of the Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX) II Performance of Fingerprint Match-On-Card (MOC) Algorithms. Sagem Morpho’s MOC performance was reported by NIST to be the “most accurate Match-On-Card implementation” and was the only one to meet the standards for use in federal programs such as the US Government’s PIV and TWIC programs. A selection of the report’s significant findings includes: •
•
transit/e-purse
sQuid signs agreement with Manchester transport bosses
•
•
s
Quidcard and the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE), responsible for transport initiatives across one of the largest cities in the UK, have signed a contract to deliver a pre-paid transit smart card service. The service, to be piloted in the district of Bolton, will enable holders of the local council’s leisure smart card to make journeys on bus services operated by Arriva Manchester, using a stored value purse delivered through sQuidcard. Additionally, the eMoney purse will allow customers to also use the smart card for purchasing low-cost items such as newspapers, food and other convenience goods. According to sQuidcard: “As the only ITSO-compatible, low-cost eMoney network, the decision by the GMPTE to use sQuid as its travel settlement system is a significant achievement for the company and complements its recent tie-up with Bolton Council’s Smartcard.”
March 2008
The most accurate Match-on-Card implementation achieved the minimum error rate specifications specified by the United States’ Government’s PIV program. The most accurate implementation completed a verification within an average of 0.54 seconds (i.e. median) – 99% of verification results were returned with 0.86 seconds. False non-match errors, at the industry preferred false match rate of 0.0001, are from two to four times more frequent than at FMR = 0.01. As in MINEX 04, the use of two fingers greatly improves accuracy.
Sagem’s MOC algorithms were more than twice as accurate as the other submissions. Meanwhile, regardless of which of the 19 approved manufacturers created the reference template, the Sagem MOC matcher was able to successfully perform the match with a 1% or less error rate. The MINEX II evaluation will now continue in 2008 as Phase III. This will be an ongoing program to gauge improvements over existing implementations, and to evaluate others. NIST said it has invited comment on whether Phase III should include evaluation of proprietary templates, or extensions to ISO/IEC 7816 templates. (MINEX 04 showed that Match-Off-Card algorithms were substantially more accurate with proprietary vs. standard templates. Whether this holds for Match-On-Card has not been reported.) The full report is available at http://fingerprint.nist.gov/minexII/minex_report.pdf.
Gemalto and LG deliver Smart Card Web Server handsets Gemalto has announced its collaboration with LG in order to deliver Smart Card Web Server compatible handsets. Based on a tiny web server embedded in the SIM, Smart Card Web Server (SCWS) is a solution developed by the SIM industry to propose to operators a rich and portable environment to develop Multimedia SIM-based applications, and enhance the presentation and usability of their services. It also powers new applications such as data synchronization between the SIM and the handset, or personalization and customization of the handset environment from the SIM. Gemalto is working with LG to implement the Bearer Independent Protocol Transmission Control Protocol (BIP TCP) server mode into LG handsets to enable communication between the LG handsets and Smart Card Web Server. Oberthur Technologies joins with Spansion Oberthur Technologies is teaming up with Spansion, a provider flash memory solutions, to provide more secure memory management for mobile content applications in SIM cards. Oberthur Technologies has a track of record in advanced R&D notably with the launch of its high-density USIM card, GIGAntIC. With plans to use the Spansion MirrorBit HD-SIM solution, Oberthur Card Systems will now be able to provide more storage capacity by combining Flash memory with the SIM functionality on a single silicon chip. This solution will significantly ease assembly, testing and packaging. Gemalto provides NFC Mobile solution to Taiwan Mobile Gemalto has been chosen by Taiwan Mobile, one of Taiwan’s leading telecommunication service providers, to provide the world’s first commercial NFC (Near Field Communication) SIMbased mobile contactless system. It is designed to remotely manage the life-cycle of any type of contactless service within a mobile phone environment, especially payment applications that mandate high security levels. After multiple mobile contactless trials in Asia and in the rest of the world, Gemalto says its solution will allow Taiwan Mobile to register, issue, manage and terminate mobile NFC services over-the-air (OTA). Taiwan Mobile’s subscribers will be free to securely purchase goods, top-up their transport pass and proceed to coupons management just by using their mobile phone in a contactless mode. As most people always keep this personal device with them, the mobile contactless technology clearly brings them more freedom and convenience. This solution will be commercially rolled out nation-wide during 2008. It will enable banks, transport companies and other service providers to incorporate their services onto a mobile environment. This will complete Taiwan’s contactless experience along with previous commercial launches for payment and transport.
Card Technology Today
7