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Oberthur Technologies Introduces the First GICS Card Integrated With Microsoft Windows 7
Monday 20. April 2009 - Oberthur Technologies, a global leader in the delivery of high security solutions to the ID market, delivers the first prototypes of the GICS[1] card compatible with Microsoft Windows 7.
ID-One(TM) GICS, an identity applet, has been developed to answer the needs for a generic card command set that provides functionalities required by both Government and Corporate applications. Backward compatible with PIV[2], this product offers a flexible data management, enhanced cryptographic protocols fully compliant with NIST[3] recommendations, and is based on the standardization work done under ANSI[4] INCITS[5]. Thanks to its flexibility and interoperability GICS can be easily deployed by all integrators and security application providers. ID-One GICS card is designed to be integrated into any card management system and offers a logical and physical access control. This card is available for any governmental identity or corporate applications.
ID-One GICS will soon be certified FIPS 140-2 level 3, level which is required by the U.S. Federal Government.
Oberthur Technologies and Microsoft worked closely together through the latest specification to define a mini driver. Microsoft’s’ minidriver is a plug in translating each smartcards’ features to a unique interface designed by Microsoft for Windows 7. Minidriver v7 offers new functionalities such as automatic smartcard recognition and the use of the latest NSA-recommended cryptographic algorithms (eg: AES[6] & elliptic curves). This allows users transparent access to the latest security and cryptographic technologies.
“As Identity Division’s Deputy Managing Director, I am proud of Oberthur Technologies’ contribution for the specification of the new standard GICS and the development of this card,” comments Xavier Fricout.
“I am convinced that the work realized together with Microsoft will allow the adoption of this solution by a large number of governments and companies for their physical and logical security projects.”
Come see the ID-One GICS card at the RSA Conference- Microsoft booth # 1517 or Oberthur Technologies booth #611.