Integration Partners - Oberthur Card Systems from VeriSign, Inc.

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Smart Card solution(s) - Oberthur Card Systems offers:

Description:

To access and further enforce the security of a PKI system, a highly-secure, multi-channel adaptable and portable solution is needed - the smart card. The smart card is becoming an important part of this solution because it provides a portable and secure medium for certificates storage, key generation and data encryption. The combination of Oberthur’s AuthentIC Web Pack and VeriSign’s e-security products - VeriSign OnSite - offers a complete range of solutions to enable secure Internet and mobile commerce.

Compelling Reason:

Oberthur Card Systems and VeriSign have partnered to deploy the infrastructure needed to enable fixed and wireless transactions for any device using Smart Card technology. Oberthur provides the technology and security of a card-based system, and VeriSign provides the technical expertise and solutions from its core PKI Solutions. The combination of Oberthur’s AuthentIC smart card and VeriSign’s On Site offers a complete range of solutions to enable:

1) Secure access to networks (Internet, Extra/Intra-nets)

2) Secure on-line payment and other on-line services (e-wallet)

3) Digital signature

4) E-mail encryption (S/MIME) / content protection

5) Authentication, as an applet in multi-application cards

Application Example:

Responding to the growing demand for transaction security, brought about by the explosion of e-commerce, Oberthur Card Systems jointly with VeriSign will reinforce the protection of companies and institutions. The portability and secure medium for certificates storage, key generation and data encryption offered by the smart card with the highest data security provided through the PKI enables the user to protect and encrypt relevant information with the most secure way possible. In the network environment, the user will insert the AuthentIC smart card into the smart card reader and will type its PIN code securing the access to the card, then the issuance of VeriSign PKI certificates to the Oberthur’s AuthentIC smart card will provide a complete range of solutions to enable secure Internet and mobile commerce. Facing the growing demand for transaction security of on-line and network services, brought about by the explosion of e-commerce, Oberthur Card Systems jointly with VeriSign will reinforce the protection of companies and institutions. The smart card providing a portable and secure medium for certificates storage, key generation and data encryption, with the highest data security provided through the PKI, enables the user to protect and encrypt relevant information with the most secure way possible.In the network environment, the user inserts the AuthentIC card into the smart card reader and types the Personal Identification Number (PIN) securing the access to the card, then the issuance of VeriSign PKI certificates to the Oberthur’s AuthentIC smart card will provide a complete range of solutions to enable secure Internet and mobile commerce.

About the Product:

Oberthur Card Systems offers the AuthentIC Web Pack securing the e-commerce environment. The AuthentIC Web Pack, including the AuthentIC card, a smart card reader and the client software comes as a "ready-to-go" integrated client solution which can be tailored to best suit the customers needs. Designed to support a variety of technologies, the AuthentIC web pack offers a level of flexibility which allows it to adapt to many different devices and systems (terminal and channel independent). Available on MULTOS or Java, AuthentIC is the perfect solution for the implementation and management of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) architectures. "AuthentIC B2B Solution" for Identrus Members has been designed to more than meet the defined requirements for secure electronic transactions in the B2B world, ensuring that the solution is easy-to-implement without any compromise in the technology specifications. All components of Oberthur’s Black Box for Identrus Members, comprising a Java Card™, a (PC/SC) card reader and tailorable-client software, have been designed in compliance with the proven Identrus technology infrastructure and have been declared Identrus compliant. This ability to invest in all the necessary components of the solution from one supplier has obvious economic benefits as well as ensuring complete compatibility and ease-of-implementation. This is an off-the-shelf package granting simple and economically-viable access to the proven-success of the Identrus system, enables even more banks and businesses to conduct secure business-to-business electronic transactions.