Samsung Introduces Common Criteria Certified Smart Card IC
May 10, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Two Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. chips designed for contact and non-contact smart cards were given Common Criteria (CC) certification and an Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+ rating.
Samsung's portfolio includes 72 KB and 144 KB smart card integrated circuits (ICs), which have embedded electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM).
Both ICs offer sufficient storage space for diverse biological data such as face, fingerprints, retina and genetic makeup required by biometric identification systems, said Samsung.
Samsung's smart card IC is designed to provide high performance and high reliability for protecting user identity, said Samsung.
The new combination smart card consists of a high-performance, 16-bit Calm reduced instruction set computer (RISC) central processing unit (CPU), an RSA public key encryption algorithm, a triple- data encryption standard (DES) (a symmetric key algorithm for encryption) and an advanced encryption standard (AES) algorithm.
An attack-prevention design technology was also applied to help prevent the possibility of personal data loss to hackers.
Also built into the smart cards is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14443 A/B type contactless function, providing fast and stable data links between the card and the card reader in non-contact situations, said Samsung.
In 1999, CC certification was selected as the international standard for assessing a product's data security capabilities. CC provides the basis for confirming the reliability and safety of security-related functions in IC cards used in electronic IDs, electronic passports and electronic driver's licenses.
Higher EAL ratings indicate more accurate and effective data security capabilities. An EAL 4+ rating is required for products such as electronic passports that have strict security requirements.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommends that all countries adopt electronic passports that cannot be forged or altered to help prevent the spread of international crime and terrorist acts. Starting in Europe, at least 35 countries adopted electronic passports with embedded ICs.
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Congress passed legislation stating that all countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program with the U.S. must issue electronic passports and the Korean government will also implement an e-passport system in 2008, said Samsung.
Source: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.