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helpfulbacteria! - Many thanks for your reply and DD, helps explain the latterly divergence and where our goals lay now! eom
What's the position presently with Wave involvements in the Liberty Alliance, these days - anyone please, (we joined in 02) just happen to notice that there's plenty of LA seminars occuring worldwide. TIA eom
DooWopGuy! - Extraordinary unfettered, matter of fact posting of our emerging Wave Systems in todays world.
Many thanks. eom
Could do with a few TPM's here! eom
08/19/05
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36740-1.html
Air Force personnel warned of personal data breach
By Patience Wait
GCN Staff
The Air Force has begun notifying more than 33,000 airmen throughout the service that much of their personal information was stolen from the online Assignment Management System.
Air Force Personnel Center officials at Randolph Air Force Base in Texas alerted service and federal investigators to unusually high activity on a single user’s AMS account in June. While the investigation is continuing, AFPC spokeswoman Lt. Col. Michele DeWerth said a malicious user illegally acquired a legitimate user ID and password and used them to gain access to officers’ individual information. Only a handful of noncommissioned officers were affected, she said.
“It is an ongoing investigation, but there is no direct evidence of identity theft,” DeWerth said. The delay between discovering the breach and communicating with individuals was to facilitate the investigation, she added.
“We notified airmen as quickly as we could while still following criminal investigation procedures” with the Office of Special Investigations, Maj. Gen. Tony Przybyslawski, commander of AFPC, said in a written statement. “We notified the individuals involved outlining what happened and how they can best insulate themselves from this potential risk.”
DeWerth said the AFPC moved to improve security as soon as it learned of the breach. In addition, officers may log in to the virtual Military Personnel Flight to see if their information was viewed. If it was, they will receive a pop-up banner that will provide further information. The small number of noncommissioned offers affected will be contacted directly.
The personnel agency also suggested that officers follow the guidelines laid out by the Federal Trade Commission on dealing with identity theft. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, beginning Sept. 1 every consumer is entitled to one free credit check annually. AFPC also is asking that any airman who believes he or she has become a victim of identity theft contact their local base OSI and legal office.
AMS is an online program used for assignment preferences and career management. It contains career information on officers and enlisted personnel, as well as some personal information such as birthdates and social security numbers. It does not contain personal address, phone numbers or specific information on dependents.
Wave Systems' Secure Enterprise Software and Server Products to Be Demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum, Booth 943, August 23-25, Moscone Center West, San Francisco
8/23/2005 6:33:01 AM
LEE, Mass., Aug 23, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Wave Systems Corp. (WAVX) announced today that its EMBASSY(R) Trust Suite (ETS) client software and server products will be demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel Booth 943, August 23-25, Moscone Center West, San Francisco. Features to be demonstrated include biometric authentication, smart card authentication, password authentication and machine authentication of a user's personal computer to an enterprise server. Wave has designed these trusted computing solutions to give IT administrators more flexibility and increased options in managing corporate and government data networks.
A client version of Wave's trusted applications and services software security suite ETS has shipped with the Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset-based Intel Desktop Boards D945GNTLKR, D945GTPLKR and D945GCZLKR. For more information on these products, visit http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/software/ets/.
Wave's ETS software is designed to support the next generation security chip hardware, called Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2, integrated into the Intel desktop boards, and can be used in a wide variety of customer applications. The computer industry has shipped millions of PCs embedded with the TCG-standard TPM 1.1 chip and is now shipping the next generation 1.2 TPM chip.
TPMs serve as a platform for secure services and applications. Wave has designed its secure business productivity software to work with all commercially available TCG-compliant TPMs. Wave's ETS solutions are also designed to be compatible with the Microsoft Office(R) environment and facilitate a variety of PC-related security and productivity tasks.
Important attributes of Wave's ETS software include:
-- EMBASSY Security Center - for establishing security policy management to strengthen authentication to Microsoft Windows and other secure applications with multifactor authentication capabilities.
-- Document Manager Vault - for protecting files and folders in multiple, networked, sharable secure drives that are fully compatible with Microsoft Windows Explorer.
-- Private Information Manager - for secure storage and automation of user names, passwords and personal information.
-- SmartSignature - for digital signature capability of secure electronic contracts.
-- Key Transfer Manager - for backup and protection of hardware encryption keys.
Wave is a member of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG), an industry organization dedicated to embedding trust and security more broadly into computing platforms and devices. More information on Wave's ETS software is available at www.wave.com.
About Wave Systems
Consumers and businesses are demanding a computing environment that is more trusted, private, safe and secure. Wave is the leader in delivering trusted computing applications and services with advanced products, infrastructure and solutions across multiple trusted platforms from a variety of vendors. Wave holds a portfolio of significant fundamental patents in security and e-commerce applications and employs some of the world's leading security systems architects and engineers. For more information about Wave, visit http://www.wave.com.
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements
Except for the statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic and business conditions, the ability to fund operations, the ability to forge partnerships required for deployment, changes in consumer and corporate buying habits, chip development and production, the rapid pace of change in the technology industry and other factors over which Wave Systems Corp. has little or no control. Wave Systems assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
All brands are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Wave Systems Corp.
Wave Systems Corp.
John Callahan, 413-243-7029
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or
Jaffoni & Collins
David Collins / Richard Land, 212-835-8500
wavx@jcir.com
Copyright Business Wire 2005
'Keeps getting better and better' eom
Giesecke & Devrient Provides Electronic Purse in Thailand
Contactless technology for payment transactions gains ground
Munich/Bangkok, August 19, 2005 - International technology group Giesecke &
Devrient (G&D) is supplying smart cards to the Thai Smart Card Group (TSC),
a joint venture set up by the Thailands largest convenient store chain
C.P. Seven Eleven PCL, telecommunications operator True PCL and a number of
leading banks, including Krung Thai Bank, Bank of Ayudhya, Government
Saving Bank, Siam City Bank and Krung Thai Card. The smart card with
e-purse functionality, developed especially for the Thai market, has both
contact-based and contactless interface. Besides functioning as an
electronic purse for cashless payments, the card offers rewards programs
and there are also plans to use the card for electronic ticketing in the
near future. For Seven Eleven customers, the card will make paying for
purchases faster and more convenient in future.
From October 2005, smart cards with contactless technology are to be issued
to customers in all of Seven Eleven's approximately 3,000 stores throughout
Thailand. The card will either be issued by TSC or by TSCs Partners, such
as Seven Eleven or the banks. The aim is for the cards to replace cash for
payment of smaller amounts. "The switch to smart cards with an electronic
purse function will allow our customers to pay for their purchases faster
and more conveniently. Moreover, chip technology will bring us more
security", pointed out Chalermchai Chatchaiganan, Chief Commercial Officer
(CCO) of the TSC Group, commenting on the decision to introduce payment
cards. Seven Eleven hopes especially that the move to cashless, card-based
payments will result in fewer attempts to raid the chain's shops.
Introducing microprocessor cards in the Seven Eleven shops is only the
beginning. Chalermchai Chatchaiganan, CCO of the TSC Group, believes that
more than 20 large chains will follow Seven Eleven's example and convert to
smart cards from fast-food restaurants through cinemas and department
stores to public transport providers such as Skytrain in Bangkok. He
estimates the number of customers who will switch to the card at around
1,000,000 in the first year, rising to more than five million after only
five years.
The contactless payment cards will not only bring greater security for the
Seven Eleven shops, but also more convenience for their customers.
Contactless technology will make waiting in line at pay points a thing of
the past. But this card project offers benefits not just to customers and
cashiers. It will also allow financial institutions to gain experience of
a new technology in electronic payments. "The reason why the project is so
interesting for Thailand's banking community is that migration from
magnetic stripe to EMV smart cards is already being planned", explained
Donald MacDonald, Managing Director at G&D Asia. "Through the collaboration
with the TSC Group, G&D has already acquired a good reputation in Thailand.
Our enterprise is highly regarded because of its technological competence
and professional support in introduction of the card solution", Donald
MacDonald continued.
About Giesecke & Devrient:
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a technology leader in the field of smart
cards, providing smart card-based solutions for the fields of
telecommunications, electronic payment, health care, ID, transportation,
and IT security (PKI). G&D is also a leading producer of banknotes and
security documents and is dominant in the field of currency automation.
Based in Munich, Germany, the G&D Group operates subsidiaries and joint
ventures around the world. In fiscal 2004, the group employed some 7,300
people and generated revenue of 1.16 billion. For more information, please
visit our Web site at www.gi-de.com.
Contact:
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
Andrea Bockholt
Press Manager/Corporate Communications
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Prinzregentenstr. 159, D-81677 Munich
Tel. +49 (0) 89 4119-2422, Fax +49 (0) 89 4119-2020, Mobile: +49 (0)160-3
64 02 54
mailto:andrea.bockholt@gi-de.com
http://www.gi-de.com
Many thanks awk for your illustrious post - great stuff'! - A nicely structured MS involvement overview of TC past events and related hiccups, with a hint of the possible future. (The board needs more of these)
Definate picture frame mustread IMO for all wavoids in these exciting times, and certainly helps us and hopefully all our new investors - God bless 'em.
Regards Boom
OT Thanks ootommy! - Thats weird 'cus it fires up now, but only on my other pc.
Apologies to Awk. eom
awk! - Do you possibly have any update on this corrupted URL. TIA eom/
http://www.certconf.org/presentations/2005/files/RD2.pdf
dude! - Very interesting DD - I think the Chinese universities have been showing a more than healthy interest in us (especially Beijing), for some little time now. eom/
wavxmaster - Taking a break! - I think! eom/
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Uncle! - Brilliant - Especially with a CC like this...
eom
So really the state of Wave has improved tremendously over Q1 in to Q2. What we're seeing is the beginning of the sales pipeline. Sales are beginning in earnest, based on volumes that are getting to be interesting numbers in the market. Volumes are up over 100% in every one of our accounts from Q1 to Q2. So it's not just sales that are represented off of a single account. We saw substantial growth in every one of the accounts that we have in the marketplace.
Gateway Secures Its PCs (sorry if already posted)eom/
August 9, 2005
By John G. Spooner
Gateway is locking down its business PC line. ADVERTISEMENT
The Irvine, Calif., PC maker on Tuesday said it has fitted TPMs (Trusted Platform Modules), chips that serve to help secure data, to its corporate notebook and desktop product lines. It sells the business machines direct to customers.
The TPMs will be offered in all of Gateway Inc.'s corporate notebooks and in all but one of its E-Series desktops.
The company will also offer a service that can track and help recover lost or stolen laptops.
Collectively, the new security features are meant to answer the needs of Gateway's business customers, reassure students who are purchasing laptops for school, and help set its products apart from competitors, many of whom also offer TPMs, a Gateway executive said.
"Everybody faces security challenges today, whether you're a corporation or and end user trying to buy [an item] off of eBay," said William Diehl, vice president of product marketing at Gateway. Thus "We will be building some pretty interesting security solutions around this" TPM module.
Diehl declined to offer more details on Gateway's overall security plan. Although he hinted that Gateway wants to make using TPMs for practices such as managing passwords or encrypting sensitive data on a computer's hard drive easier.
TPMs can also be used to help secure e-mail and Web access, among other applications.
Gateway began laying the groundwork for its plans Tuesday, when it announced that it was adopting a special network card, made by Broadcom Corp., which incorporates a TPM that complies with the Trusted Computing Group's TPM Specification Version 1.2, the latest available security chip standard.
Gateway has added the TPM-equipped card to machines such as its Gateway 460 notebook, which starts at under $1,100 with a 15-inch display, and its E-Series 4500, a $999 desktop based Intel Corp.'s Pentium 4 processor. Only its E-Series 2500, its low-cost desktop, will not have the chip.
The company's Mobile Theft Protection Solution, available on all of Gateway's corporate notebooks, uses Absolute Software Corp.'s Computrace, which can locate laptops that are reported lost or stolen computers once they connect to the Internet.
Once a connection is made, information about the online account that the machine is using can be provided to police. The package can also be used to quietly delete sensitive data remotely.
The feature is built into each notebook model's hardware, making it more difficult to defeat. However, customers must pay extra for a subscription to the service that supports it. A three-year subscription starts at $125, Gateway said.
As a notebook owner, this "allows you to have piece of mind," Diehl said.
Correction 2190 bought! eom
looking for 14K @ 1.10 - not met!!! eom
1.09 I think Hammy. eom/
barge! - We luv ya pal.
eom
orda - Holl's I think. eom/
Stealth! - With Wave wheels whirring no doubt! eom
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36611-1.html
08/09/05
DHS, FBI initiate plans for major IT buys
By Wilson P. Dizard III
GCN Staff
The Homeland Security Department and the FBI have launched major procurement projects for IT support services and a case-management system, respectively.
DHS announced this afternoon that it would begin two new programs for IT acquisition. The IT support services effort is called Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge solutions, or Eagle, and the program for acquiring IT commodities is called First Source.
“These programs, when fully in place, will satisfy the vast majority of DHS information task requirements,” Scott Charbo, DHS CIO, said in a statement. “The programs are designed to meet the goal of one IT infrastructure and will run out of the Enterprise Solutions Office, a joint program office under the IT Acquisition Center.”
The department’s chief procurement officer, Greg Rothwell, said in a recent interview that the acquisition project now called First Source would allow for decentralized ordering. DHS’ CIO council approved the two acquisitions, he added.
Rothwell indicated that the services contracts through Eagle could provide both managed services and systems integration. He suggested that Eagle could resemble the Treasury Department’s Total Information Processing Support Services project for providing IT.
DHS is running the projects under the Federal Acquisition Regulation and expects to issue two requests for proposal relating to them over the next few weeks. The projects will result in several contracts to both large and small businesses, DHS said.
Department officials will hold a briefing about the two acquisition projects at the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington on Aug. 16 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Separately, the FBI announced yesterday that it had released its solicitation for proposals for the Sentinel project to build the bureau’s next-generation IT system.
The FBI is using the National Institute of Health’s governmentwide contracting vehicle to choose a Sentinel contractor or contracting team.
Sentinel is designed to replace the bureau’s obsolete Automated Case System, as well as the failed Virtual Case File system, which cost the FBI $110 million.
FBI CIO Zalmai Azmi has pointedly declined to specify a cost range for Sentinel on the grounds that doing so would impair the bureau’s effort to negotiate a good price.
wavxmaster! - Half hoping it doesn't happen! - and if it does I maybe sick!! LOL eom
Oneputt! - For my shame - I also have a limit order for 1 dollar. eom
Wavx spivs on a profit take. eom
OT perhaps! - Giesecke & Devrient and Samsung link up?
eom
Giesecke & Devrient and Samsung first to introduce 512 kB SIM-platform -
UniverSIM Callisto offers five different memory configurations using one basis
Munich, August 3rd, 2005. For network operators who want to launch memory intensive applications and offer an individual customer service portfolio, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), together with Samsung Electronics, is now the first to provide a 512 Kilobyte (U)SIM card. It is the latest member of the UniverSIM Callisto product family with a uniform chip platform for five different memory capacities, ranging from 32 up to 512 kB. Based on today’s Java Card technology, the new chip platform combines the advantages of an extended memory capacity with high flexibility and short time-to-market for new mobile applications and services.
The new UniverSIM Callisto 512 kB enables operators to have an extensive selection of Java card applets like information on-demand services, SIM browser solutions or mobile commerce applications on their (U)SIM card while still offering a vast memory space for user specific information like telephone numbers or short messages.
UniverSIM Callisto is not just a (U)SIM card, but a whole product family whose platform – regardless of the memory capacity selected – always remains the same. The advantage is obvious: the customer-specific card configuration can be used to a great extent when changing from one Callisto product to another offering a larger memory. In this way, the basic system always remains the same when a change is made within the Callisto product family. If network operators want to make new services and applications requiring more memory capacity available to their customers, they can rapidly switch to a Callisto card with the appropriate amount of EEPROM. The customer-specific (U)SIM configuration can be re-used or recycled to a great degree and does not have to be developed from scratch, as was previously the case. The same applies to card applications made available on the original platform that are to run on the “new” target platform. These, too, can be transferred without any modifications, making it possible for mobile network operators to launch new services, functions, and even new card platforms with greater speed and ease.
The Callisto product family is based on the latest chip series from Samsung, featuring the high performance CalmRISC TM 16bit core CPU, a crypto processor, and a high capacity EEPROM up to 512kB. The foundation is a GSM/3G Java card which, in addition to current Java Card technology, provides all relevant 3G features such as authentication for GSM and UMTS networks as well as multi application-enabled UICC. The extended technical features of the UniverSIM Callisto card family include the (U)SIM Application Toolkit (USAT) as well as Remote File Management (RFM) and Remote Applet Management (RAM), in addition to the Wireless Internet Browser (WIB 1.3) and the Over the Air Security System (OTASS) from G&D.
About Giesecke & Devrient:
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a technology leader in the field of smart cards, providing smart card-based solutions for the fields of telecommunications, electronic payment, health care, ID, transportation, and IT-security. G&D is also a leading producer of banknotes and security documents and is dominant in the field of currency automation. Based in Munich, Germany, the G&D Group operates subsidiaries and joint ventures around the world. In fiscal 2004, the group employed some 7,300 people and generated revenue of €1.16 billion. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.gi-de.com.
About Samsung Electronics:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2004 parent company sales of US$55.2 billion and net income of US$10.3 billion. Employing approximately 113,000 people in over 90 offices in 48 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing brands, Samsung Electronics is the world's largest producer of color monitors, color TVs, memory chips and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com
Contact:
Samsung Semiconductor Europe GmbH,
Ariane Heim, Marcom & Planning
Tel. +49 (0)6196-66-35 14, Fax -35 11
E-mail: ariane.heim@sseg.de
Ulrike Zeitler
Press Manager / Corporate Communications
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Prinzregentenstr. 159, D-81677 Munich
Tel.: +49 89 4119-1189; Fax: +49 89 4119-2020; Mobile: +49 160 364 0250
mailto:ulrike.zeitler@gi-de.com
http://www.gi-de.com
For a picture of the UniverSIM Callisto card please contact ulrike.zeitler@gi-de.com.
Re Warrants exercised! - Very positive action IMO - story just keeps getting better & better. eom/
This is more like it!!
Approx midway between latest spike, just need to sustain this position, since the street evisaged Vista/Wave release was a no-no IMHO
Didn't SKS say that we would use our partners to spread the word! eom/
Giesecke & Devrient Opens Branch in Berlin
Representative office will highlight innovative products and solutions for
government applications
Munich/Berlin, July 28, 2005 Today, international technology group
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) will be opening its Government Solution Center
(GSC) in Berlin, Germany. The heart of the GSC will be a presentation room
showcasing innovative products and solutions for government agency related
applications. The branch office, located in Berlins government district,
also has conference and meeting rooms. Directly next to the GSC are located
the Berlin offices of IT security service provider Secunet AG. Their
proximity to G&D's new premises will allow visitors to acquaint themselves
with the technologies and solutions offered by the G&D affiliate as
wellall in one location.
Closeness to our key clients in Germany is important to us, says Dr.
Karsten Ottenberg, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO at Giesecke &
Devrient, explaining the decision to set up shop in Berlin. The G&D
experts at our Government Solution Center will be able to give competent
demonstrations of our innovative products and solutions to ministerial and
government agency representatives from home and abroad, even on a moments
notice, adds Ottenberg.
In Berlin, G&D will present applications and security solutions for
future-oriented utilization of information technology by governments and
their agencies.
The products will cover topics ranging from biometrics to IT security to
electronic identity documents. The G&D Government Solution Center offers
the best possible groundsnamely, concrete applicationsfor continuously
engaging customers in discussions concerning the future challenges facing
modern states when it comes to protecting their citizens, which is why the
GSC will continuously expand and update the spectrum of products and
solutions on display.
The GSC will operate following a concept of technology at your
fingertips. For example, the practical implementation of an electronic
health care card will be demonstrated via its interaction with a health
professional card at the doctors office or pharmacy. The application of
passports containing biometric information stored on a microchip and
related electronic personal ID cards will be demonstrated on the basis of
the complete process of personalizationfrom data acquisition to data
processing and final production of these electronic identity documents. The
office will also present a solution for secure communication between PCs at
government agencies using SINA (Secure Inter-Network Architecture) as well
as one for application of the Trusted Online Solutions (T.O.S.) security
platform, as illustrated by Germany's electronic tax return forms (ELSTER).
About Giesecke & Devrient:
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a technology leader in the field of smart
cards, providing smart card based solutions for telecommunications,
electronic payment, health care, ID, transportation, and IT security (PKI).
G&D is also a leading producer of banknotes and security documents and is
dominant in the field of currency automation. Based in Munich, Germany, the
G&D Group operates subsidiaries and joint ventures around the world. In
fiscal 2004, the group employed some 7,300 people and generated revenue of
1.16 billion. For more information, please visit our Web site at
www.gi-de.com.
Contact:
Andrea Bockholt
Press Manager/Corporate Communications
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Prinzregentenstr. 159, D-81677 Munich
Tel. +49 (0) 89 4119-2422, Fax +49 (0) 89 4119-2020, Mobile: +49 (0)160-3
64 02 54
mailto:andrea.bockholt@gi-de.com
http://www.gi-de.com
The govermental story keeps getting better!!
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New Specification for Trusted Servers Released
Jul 19, 2005 By News Staff
http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/95227
Continuing its efforts to provide building blocks for the trusted enterprise, the Trusted Computing Group announced a specification server manufacturers can use to build trusted servers that provide better protection data and transactions.
The specification, which supports servers based on a variety of processor architectures including x86, Intel Itanium, MIPS and Sparc processors, defines the architecture of a trusted server including its management, maintenance and communication between servers and clients. At the heart of the trusted server is the widely available Trusted Platform Module, a microchip that securely stores digital keys, certificates and passwords.
Trusted server applications potentially include asset management, configuration management, data migration and back-up, document management, financial transactions, management of endpoint integrity and network access control, and user and platform configuration. For example, the specification enables servers that could be verified before performing sensitive transactions or allowing access to certain data.
Today's server applications will be compatible with new trusted servers, and vendors are expected to create new applications to take advantage of trusted servers. In addition, trusted servers will be compatible with existing servers, enabling IT managers to deploy them within the existing infrastructure.
The specification supports various server form factors, including blade servers. Much of the design for trusted clients can be used in trusted servers, therefore shortening time to market. The first trusted servers incorporating TCG building blocks are anticipated to be available later this year.
The new trusted server specification complements specifications for trusted clients, of which some 15 million have been shipped from leading PC vendors. To protect networks against attacks and unauthorized access, TCG recently made available the Trusted Network Connect (TNC) architecture, which is being implemented by a number of vendors. The group also is developing specifications for trusted storage, mobile systems and peripherals.
"While trusted clients are helping enterprises keep data and systems more secure, a truly secure enterprise requires enhanced trust and security in its servers to protect their critical server-based data and transactions that are often the foundation of businesses," said Jim Ward, TCG president. "The trusted server specification gives the industry an open specification to develop systems that are less prone to attack and malicious access, further strengthening the benefits of trusted clients. In combination with the existing specifications for PCs and the Trusted Network Connect specification, the trusted server efforts represent a critical step in the TCG mission of defining a comprehensive set of open device and interface definitions for Trusted Computing."
News Staff
kant! see G&D Cosign post. eom/
Wave disciples go forth!!
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Giesecke & Devrient expands business activities in Italy
International technology group has now opened a subsidiary in Milan and is
supplying its new smart card technology to BNL, one of Italys largest
banks
Munich/Milan 26. July 2005 International technology group Giesecke &
Devrient (G&D) is strengthening its position on the Italian market. After
four years of successful business activities with payment cards, G&D has
now opened a subsidiary in Milan thats supplying its new smart card
technology to BNL, one of Italys largest banks.
The Italian market is strategically important for G&D. By the end of the
year, there will be a total of 1.2 million chip-based payment cards in
circulation. We have set a goal of further expanding our market share in
Italy," is how Michael Kuemmerle, head of G&Ds payment division, explained
the motivation for the new subsidiary.
G&D has about 60 percent of the payment card market in Italy. With the
increasing number of EMV projects with different bank sectors, G&D was able
to make a name for itself in the past few years as a specialist for the EMV
conversion. At the same time, the increasing number of projects has made it
more and more important to have a well-versed team on site to ensure that
the customer is served in the best possible manner, explained Mr.
Kuemmerle.
The switchover of the bankcards to the EMV standard meets the requirements
of the Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI) that determine that all debit
cards are to be sequentially switched from magnetic stripe to smart card
technology by the 1st of January, 2006. As the Zentrale Kreditausschuss
(ZKA) does in Germany, ABI supports the interests of the Italian banking
and financial institutions. The decision to use EMV technology today for
debit cards shows how BNL pays attention to innovation and technology,
commented Edoardo Baumgartner, general manager of the new subsidiary,
referring to the steps taken by BNL.
Card delivery starts in August of 2005 and will be completed by the end of
the year. G&D functions as a general contractor and supplies the body of
the cards with the implemented chip module. Personalization, key
management, data generation and conversion on the card are performed by
Metalplex, the Italian G&D partner.
About Giesecke & Devrient:
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), based in Munich, Germany, is an international
technology group with subsidiaries and joint ventures throughout the world.
Founded in Leipzig in 1852, G&D began as a printer of securities, soon
specializing in banknote production. The company has been developing
solutions and complete systems for automatic currency processing since
1970. Today, G&D is also a technology leader in smart cards, and a card
solutions provider in a range of fields, including telecommunications,
electronic payments, ID, health, transportation and IT security (PKI). In
fiscal 2004, the group employed some 7,300 people and generated a revenue
of 1.16 billion. More information is available on our Web site at
www.gi-de.com.
Contact:
Andrea Bockholt
Press Manager/Corporate Communications
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Prinzregentenstr. 159, D-81677 Munich
Tel. +49 (0) 89 4119-2422, Fax +49 (0) 89 4119-2020, Mobile: +49 (0)160-3
64 02 54
mailto:andrea.bockholt@gi-de.com
http://www.gi-de.com
OT Tony! - Sounds like the world's your oyster pal, enjoy visit to UK. eom
Days trading churned out 60K - and wavx stuck out at .93 mustsay has a kinda' poised thingy look about it. Purely IMO. eom/
Finland to use Mobile Digital Signatures for eGovernment Services
Giesecke & Devrient delivers SIM cards with security certificate
Munich/Helsinki, July 20, 2005 –The Finnish Population Register Centre now offers its citizens an innovative solution for doing official business over the Internet. This allows the citizen to use a mobile telephone when secure identification is required for online services or requests. The first SIM cards equipped with the security certificate required for the mobile signature are now being offered by Elisa, Finland’s second-largest mobile network operator. The basis for this is the UniverSIM product line from international technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) with signature functionality and encryption mechanism.
Elisa is the first operator to work together with the Finnish Population Register Centre to offer this new service of user identification via the mobile phone. A citizen certificate is stored on the SIM card from G&D. This is part of the mobile security architecture – the Public Key Infrastructure – and ensures the required security and uniqueness in identification. If, for example, a citizen wants to register a move to a new home online, he opens the corresponding page on the Internet, fills out the form, and receives a message from the registration office on his mobile telephone requesting him to enter his mobile signature for the online request. The citizen enters a personal PIN to permit the generation of the digital signature. This is generated by the SIM card and returned to the registration office as a special encrypted message.
Citizens who want to use the digital signature over their mobile telephones for official business can register at a local police station and sign up for the service. The G&D SIM cards with the integrated security certificate are based on Java™ technology and have a memory capacity of 128 Kb. The cards are currently available at selected Elisa outlets.
By the end of 2005, the Finnish OKO Bank, the social insurance agency, the Tax Administration, as well as the Ministry of Labour want to offer the mobile citizen certificate as a new form of authentication for their services. This will enable the Finnish people to use a nationally recognized electronic identity for digital services in the future.
“With the introduction of a mobile signature for online official services, Finland is again proving its leading role in mobile communication and in eGovernment. We are proud to have been able to support this innovative project from the start with our smart card technology” said Dr. Klaus Vedder, Executive Vice President and head of the telecommunication division at Giesecke & Devrient.
About Giesecke & Devrient:
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a technology leader in the field of smart cards, providing smart card-based solutions for the fields of telecommunications, electronic payment, health care, ID, transportation, and Internet security (PKI). G&D is also a leading producer of banknotes and security documents and is dominant in the field of currency automation. Based in Munich, Germany, the G&D Group operates subsidiaries and joint ventures around the world. In fiscal 2004, the group employed some 7,300 people and generated revenue of €1.16 billion. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.gi-de.com.
For further information and a picture of the card, please contact:
Ulrike Zeitler
Press Manager / Corporate Communications
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Prinzregentenstr. 159, D-81677 Munich
Tel.: +49 89 4119-1189; Fax: +49 89 4119-2020; Mobile: +49 160 364 0250
mailto:ulrike.zeitler@gi-de.com
http://www.gi-de.com
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HHS seeks members to drive health IT group
07/14/05
By Mary Mosquera
GCN Staff
The Health and Human Services Department today called for nominations for the public-private organization that will help develop standards and drive interoperability for the exchange of health data.
Describing the U.S. health care system as “saturated with inefficiency,” HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced last month plans to form the American Health Information Community, one of the first steps toward creating a national health information network. The collaboration will provide a forum for public and private interests to recommend specific actions that will accelerate the widespread application and adoption of electronic health records, e-prescribing and other health IT initiatives.
“Until we adopt modern information technology practices, we will not have cost-effective medical care in this country, and we will have far too many medical errors,” he said in a statement. Leavitt has said that adoption of health IT would reduce the number of medical errors, such as by replacing illegible paper prescriptions with e-prescribing. Up to 100,000 people die annually from medical mistakes, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine, a component of the National Academies of Science.
The organization will have up to 17 voting members including Leavitt, who will be the chairman and appoint the members. They will include officials from HHS, its agencies, such other federal units as the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments, state government and the private sector. Private-sector members will come from health care providers, IT vendors, insurance companies, and consumer and privacy groups. HHS has said it expects the organization to convene its first meeting in September.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36381-1.html
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OT eamonn! - British take it on the chin... I was up in Covent Garden last night for a glorious rendering of Verde's Rigoletto - no vacant seats to be had... and on a beautiful balmy night, the city was thronged with people having fun, bars /restaurants all packed as normal, just the occasional wayward siren going off - which seemed to go unnoticed.
Your trip will be just perfect... enjoy pal! eom