StepNexus Acquires GlobalPlatform on MULTOS Technology from Sentry.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- StepNexus, the premier provider of the world's first open, high-security, multi-application, smart card operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. MULTOS MULTOS Multimedia Office Server (TM), today announced the acquisition of GlobalPlatform on MULTOS technology from Sentry(PM). The application enables any MULTOS chip to support GlobalPlatform application services See ASP and Web services. and remote application communication. The GlobalPlatform on MULTOS Technology is now available for all major MULTOS platforms, including Keycorp, Renesas/Hitachi and Samsung. Terms of the deal between the two privately held companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. are not available. "The acquisition of Sentry's GlobalPlatform on MULTOS technology means that the StepNexus flagship platform, MULTOS, can now provide compatibility with existing GlobalPlatform systems," said John Wood, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of StepNexus, Inc. "We can now offer enhanced security of the MULTOS environment and efficiency of the StepNexus MULTOS content management mechanism." "Sentry is pleased that our work on GlobalPlatform for MULTOS has been recognized by StepNexus," said Brian McKeon, president of Sentry. "We know that the Sentry GlobalPlatform applications enrich the MULTOS operating system for application developers, enabling faster application development and smaller applications due to sharing of common components. The market reach of StepNexus will ensure that all application developers can now access these benefits." GlobalPlatform + MULTOS Sentry has developed the GlobalPlatform 2.2 specifications, which include a definition of a GlobalPlatform runtime environment A configuration of hardware and software. It includes the CPU type, operating system and any runtime engines or system software required by a particular category of applications. See runtime engine. on MULTOS, and which have now been released in March of 2006. The Sentry(PM) GlobalPlatform implementation on MULTOS provides the following enhanced services to application developers: --Secure Channels - ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 7816 standards based cryptographic services such as data encryption and message authentication. --Application support for processData(), unwrap(), wrap(), decryptData(). The processData() function simplifying management of the INITIALISE (programming) initialise - To give a variable its first value. This may be done automatically by some languages or it may require explicit code by the programmer. Some languages allow initialisation to be combined with variable definition, e.g. UPDATE and EXTERNAL AUTHENTICATE processing for developers. --Default Issuer Security Domain with support for standard Global Platform three keyset (ENC ENC Encoded (File Name Extension) ENC Enclosure ENC Mime-Encoded (virus scanners) ENC Eastern North Carolina ENC Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education , MAC, KEK See CEC. ). --Common GLOBAL PIN/CHV management. All applications can share a common PIN/CHV and GlobalPlatform on MULTOS providing a simpler experience for cardholders, no need for repeated PIN/CHV presentation when applications are reselected. MULTOS: The Platform for Secure Card Services As StepNexus' flagship smart card system, MULTOS is the world's highest security, open standard smart card platform and the Global MULTOS Key Management Authority. It allows card issuers and application providers to share space on a single chip platform. A range of applications ranging from payment, authentication, digital identity, biometrics, loyalty, and contactless ticketing may securely reside on a MULTOS powered chip. More than 50 million MULTOS smart cards have been issued in more than 30 countries, in projects ranging from banking, national identity, campus security, secure ID and transit. About Sentry Sentry was formed in 1997 as a project management consultancy for IT companies. Sentry is based in Sydney, Australia, and is privately-owned. Today, Sentry has expanded from project management to include development and evaluation of projects, business cases, project risk assessment, IT security and, in particular, user authentication in private and public IT networks. Including specific expertise with the emerging need for smartcards and other hardware tokens. Sentry is able to draw on a large number of partners and products to provide security solutions for your needs. About StepNexus: StepNexus is a joint venture between Oak Hill Venture Partners, Keycorp, Hitachi and MasterCard International, dedicated to extending trusted environments to remote devices. StepNexus acquired all intellectual property and operations for MULTOS - the world's highest security, open standard smart card platform and the global MULTOS KMA KMA Kiss My Ass KMA Korea Meteorological Administration KMA Koninklijke Militaire Academie (Royal Military Academy; Netherlands) KMA Knoxville Museum of Art KMA Kentucky Medical Association KMA Korean Medical Association (Key Management Authority). The company also owns Nectar(TM), the first implementation of Microsoft .NET on smartcards. StepNexus' secure packets content delivery mechanism enables device issuers of any StepNexus platform to permit third-party content providers to deliver additional services while maintaining security and the trusted environment. For more information visit www.stepnexus.com |
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