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INSIDE Secure brings biometric on-card matching security to SecuRead NFC solution
February 2011 by Marc Jacob
INSIDE Secure announced the availability of biometric on-card matching capabilities for its SecuRead(TM) system-in-package NFC solution, enabling manufacturers of mobile NFC devices to provide enhanced, two-factor security and greater personal privacy for a variety of mobile applications.
Based on advanced fingerprint identification software from Neurotechnology running on the SecuRead secure element, the new solution debuts on the TazCard, the NFC electronic wallet from TazTag, and will be demonstrated at the upcoming Mobile World Congress.
The Mobile World Congress demonstration will employ a personal computer with a small fingerprint scanner attached to it representing a POS terminal and a TazCard NFC wallet running a payment application. The PC will first be used to capture the TazCard user’s fingerprint as part of the enrollment process. The fingerprint minutiae points will be extracted by the Neurotechnology software on the PC and transmitted to the TazCard, where it will be securely stored in the INSIDE SecuRead. Then the TazCard will be used to make a purchase. The POS terminal will again be used to scan the TazCard user’s fingerprint and extract the fingerprint minutiae points, which will then be transmitted to the TazCard. The SecuRead will use its onboard Neurotechnology software to compare this new fingerprint data with the “trusted” data previously stored during enrollment that never leaves the secure element. If the two match, it will unlock the payment application on the TazCard, and the payment transaction will be allowed to proceed. The same process can be used for other types of applications such as secured access control or ID.
SecuRead is a complete, single-package NFC solution that makes it simple for manufacturers of NFC mobile phones, tablets and other devices to integrate all of the contactless, security and application functions required for a broad range of payment, identity, transport and access control applications, including virtual credit and debit cards, national or employee identity cards, healthcare program cards, boarding system and registered traveler programs, among others.
In addition to INSIDE’s SecuRead module, the TazCard also incorporates the INSIDE VaultIC turnkey security module to protect access to the personal data and applications. Based on security-certified hardware platforms with Common Criteria EAL4+/EAL5+ and/or FIPS140-2 security certificates, VaultIC provides secure storage of keys, certificates and user data while dramatically reducing or eliminating the need for custom development.
