digital security

Gemalto helps KDDI trial of NFC payments

June 14, 2010 - 7:15am | News | Mobile finances
Gemalto helps KDDI trial of NFC payments

A digital security company Gemalto has been selected by Japanese mobile communications provider KDDI to provide its User Identity Module (UIM) cards and Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution for their Near-Field Communication (NFC) program.
Within the period of May to December 2010 participants of the pilot program will be able to test various types of NFC payment services including mobile payments, transportation services, e-driver’s licenses, e-ticketing, as well as information acquisition from smart posters.


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Gemalto and BNP Paribas consolidating their global cooperation

February 2, 2010 - 11:38am | News | Payment systems
Gemalto and BNP Paribas consolidating their global cooperation

BNP Paribas announced today that it has selected Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, as part of first global tender covering fifteen countries. The contract will involve the supply of EMV banking cards and personalization services for a two-year period. Gemalto’s global footprint is a key asset to support the BNP Paribas Group in its international development. 


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Gemalto provides EMV migration to HSBC Group

January 26, 2010 - 4:47am | News | Plastic cards
Gemalto provides EMV migration to HSBC Group

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has been appointed by the HSBC Group, one of the world’s largest banking and financial organizations, to supply a comprehensive end-to-end EMV migration service across its 19 markets in the Asia Pacific region. Gemalto’s services cover three main areas; provisioning of EMV credit cards, secure personalization services, and business recovery planning services. Gemalto’s strong track record in delivering end-to-end solutions for financial institutions will help the company meet the bank’s requirements.


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Gemalto introduces Protiva™ Smart Guardian for data loss prevention

October 8, 2009 - 7:29am | Fraud | News
Gemalto introduces Protiva™ Smart Guardian for data loss prevention

 Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced the launch of Protiva™ Smart Guardian, a smart card enabled personal security USB device that offers digital data integrity and data loss prevention for enterprises. Smart Guardian provides nomad workforces with a trusted platform to securely access corporate resources. 


Smart Guardian combines endpoint control and secure data storage for protecting sensitive information. 


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O3SIS mobile software provider now belongs to Gemalto

May 26, 2009 - 5:56am | News | Other themes
O3SIS mobile software provider now belongs to Gemalto

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announced the completion of the acquisition of O3SIS. 

O3SIS AG is a leading provider of carrier grade Personal Data Management solutions, which is one of the most successful mobile services deployed in the wireless ecosystem, to Mobile Network Operators. 


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Toshiba is licensed under Gemalto patents

April 3, 2009 - 7:31am | News | Other themes
Toshiba is licensed under Gemalto patents

Gemalto announced it has reached an agreement with Toshiba, aimed at licensing Toshiba under Gemalto patents for use in their mobile communication products.

A worldwide patent license agreement recognizes Gemalto’s contribution to the GSM/GPRS technology and enables Toshiba to continue development of its existence in the GSM/GPRS handset market. The terms and conditions of the agreement have not been revealed.

Gemalto is a global leader in digital security. 

Toshiba is a leading manufacturer of electronic equipment and handsets in the Japanese market.



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BBC’s botnet practices treated as digital security threat and law violation

March 19, 2009 - 2:52am | Fraud | News
BBC’s botnet practices treated as digital security threat and law violation

The buzz around the BBC Click’s investigation is still going on, reports the Register. The broadcast company claims that “public interest” justified its purchase and use of a botnet of 22,000 compromised machines. But a number of the top digital security experts as well as lawyers, journalists and the community itself dispute this view calling the actions of BBC as unethical and potentially dangerous.


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Gemalto selected to the final of SC Magazine Awards Program

March 2, 2009 - 11:27am | News | Other themes
Gemalto selected to the final of SC Magazine Awards Program

SC Magazine’s 2009 awards program named Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, a finalist for outstanding achievement in information technology (IT) security. Gemalto’s Smart Enterprise Guardian (SEG) was named a finalist in the Excellence Award “Best multi- and second-factor solution” category. The SEG was developed by Gemalto in association with Lexar, a leader in advanced digital media and accessories.


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So, was there third payment processor breach or not? Visa’s evasive answers

March 2, 2009 - 10:42am | News | Plastic cards
So, was there third payment processor breach or not? Visa’s evasive answers

Recently numerous media sources reported that a new data breach occurred to another, third payment processor after similar cases were announced by the Heartland Payment Systems and RBS WorldPay. The speculations on the new breach were provoked by the breach notices posted by some credit unions and banking associations. Now Visa says in a statement released Friday that in fact there was no new data breach revealed.


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Heartland believes itself to be innocent and will fight lawsuits

February 27, 2009 - 3:39am | News | Payment systems
Heartland believes itself to be innocent and will fight lawsuits

Top executives at Heartland Payment Systems provided more details on the issue of the company’s colossal data breached that heavily impacted related entities. The managers also made a statement that Heartland will fight ensuing lawsuits stemming from the incident.

According to Heartland chairman and CEO Bob Carr the malware that penetrated into the company systems could read and collect unencrypted data in motion.


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Modern applications like offline Gmail are vulnerable to SQL injections

February 19, 2009 - 8:01am | News | Other themes
Modern applications like offline Gmail are vulnerable to SQL injections

Michael Sutton, vice president of research at web security firm Zscaler, conducted a study that showed the new technologies allowing Internet subscribers to use web-based services even when they are offline make users vulnerable to new attacks. Today offline web applications are gaining high popularity in large part due to Gears, an open-source project spawned by Google that allows data normally stored on a webserver to be stashed instead on end users' computers.


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Gemalto presents its UpTeq™ mobile TV SIM card

February 16, 2009 - 5:29am | News | Other themes
Gemalto presents its UpTeq™ mobile TV SIM card

Gemalto, the world leader in providing digital security, announced today its UpTeq™ mobile TV SIM card to be the first to earn the security certification that meets the SIMalliance Security Guidelines. These guidelines apply to Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Mobile Broadcast Services Enabler Suite (BCAST) Smart Card Profile (SCP) mobile television products. 


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Gemalto retains SAS Security Certification

February 12, 2009 - 2:56pm | News | Other themes
Gemalto retains SAS Security Certification


Security Accreditation Scheme (SAS) re-certification from the GSM Association was recently granted to Gemalto’s card center in Montgomeryville, Penn. Gemalto, one of the largest players in digital security, is said to be the only company to have a North American facility with the demanding and state-of-the art SAS security certification.




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