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Samsung Electronics Receives Industry-Standard Security Certification for Smart Cards
December 19, 2002 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
San Jose, Calif. -- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s 64KB smart card with crypto functions, product code S3CC9PB, has received EAL4+ level Common Criteria (CC) certification.
The advanced security requirement makes the new smart card an attractive solution for security-sensitive applications such as SIM cards, E-money, Java and MULTOS cards.
Common Criteria, which is being considered as a global standard, is an international standard for the evaluation of the security of IT products. Originated by European, US and Canadian security agencies, CC has recently been adopted as an ISO standard (ISO/ISEC 15408). EAL represents the level of confidence of an IT security product or system evaluated with Common Criteria. The Europe digital signature legislation requires an EAL4 level of compliance.
Samsung received the Europay/Master Card/Visa (EMV) technology standard for its 8Kbyte combi smart card in January 2002. The Common Criteria certification ensures that Samsung's products offer industry-standard security features.
The global demand for smart cards in SIM cards and mobile applications is expected to grow with the introduction of IMT 2000 and 2.5/ 3G GSM services. Market researcher Datamonitor predicts the global smart card market to grow from $4.3 billion in 2002 to $8.1 billion in 2006, a CAGR of 25.6 percent.
The S3CC9PB is scheduled for mass production by the end of the year.
Samsung Semiconductor Inc. is a wholly owned US subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, Samsung Electronics is a mainstay of the global electronics industry. For more information, visit www.samsung.com.