CARTES 2013 presents the finalists of the SESAMES Awards:

Organized as part of the CARTES Secure Connexions Event, the SESAMES Awards reward the best technological innovations in terms of smart cards, digital security, identification, secure transactions and contactless since 1995.

The projects submitted are presented to 42 jury members, international experts recognized in their field, who choose the finalists and the winners of the SESAMES Awards, in total impartiality and confidentiality of entries, thus highlighting the most dynamic and most ingenious companies.

The SESAMES Awards reward the best projects in 10 categories. Since 2012, the special DISCOVERY SESAMES Award rewards the best innovation presented by a start-up company.

 

Success Stories

The prize winners will be announced during the SESAMES Awards Ceremony, on November 19^th, 2013 in Paris (upon invitation). The ceremony will have for theme the Success Stories of previous SESAMES Awards winners, to highlight the positive effect of such a recognized Award.

“INSIDE Secure has won a SESAMES Award with « Open NFC » in 2010 in the category Software. INSIDE Secure is the first major player to make available its open source Open NFC software stack available to the general public, in line with our vision of the market. This decision has undoubtedly been a catalyst by enabling the industry to implement NFC features in Android, whatever the NFC material used." said Remy de TONNAC, CEO of INSIDE Secure. "The SESAMES Award we received at the end of 2010 was a recognition of our innovative and visionary approach. We anticipated a need in the market and thus accelerated its deployment.” added Remy de Tonnac.

“This SESAMES Award is a perfect illustration of the transformation of the Digital Security market toward more embedded software and more services to remotely manage connected devices.  The 2011 award-winner Just4YourEyes addresses security for Cloud hosted services. This is an area of growth where Gemalto is ideally positioned with its managed services offering.” said Xavier Larduinat, Innovation Communication Director, Gemalto.

 

Discover the 34 finalists:

Hardware

 

Gemalto M2M GmbH with “M2M Technology to protect Amazon Rainforest”

·       Ingenico with “Witeo : the hands-free solution for strong authentication in mobility”

 

·       NXP semiconductors with “Next generation NFC and high security eSE dedicated to mobile phones”

Software

·         Airtag with “Airshop Order”

 

·         Giesecke & Devrient with “TEE-TSM and Trusted Execution Environment end-to-end Ecosystem”

 

·         Oberthur Technologies with “Profile Manager for Subscription Manager”

Identification / ID Cards / Health

·         ABnote Corp with “Secure My Wallet”

·         Escher Group with “Riposte TrEx”

·         Infineon Technologies AG with “High Speed ePassport with Very High Bitrates and Secure, CC EAL6+h certified Flash”

·         Oberthur Technologies with “Id One PIV for eSE”

IT Security

·         CipherCloud with “CipherCloud Platform” 

·         IKI with “SITO IPPOS”

·         INSIDE Secure with “QuickSec for the Mobile Enterprise”

Transportation 

·         Card4B Systems S.A. with “WildCard Ticketing Kernel”

·         Famoco SAS with “Fx 100 Series --- Mobile POS”

·         TransaXiom Ltd with “Janus Card”

Banking / Retail / Loyalty

·         Airtag with “Airshop Order”

·         Ferlo SA with “Ferlo MoneaCash”

·         Oberthur Technologies with “Social Couponing Wallet”

Trusted Internet / Authentication

·         Gemalto M2M GmbH with “M2M Technology to protect Amazon Rainforest”

·         Morpho with “3DBioSecure”

·         Oberthur Technologies with “My voice is my password”

Mobility

Mobeewave-Gemalto-STMicroelectronics with “Fully integrated EMV NFC mPOS”     

 Think&Go NFC with “Dynamic NFC-Screen”

Think&Go NFC with “NFC-Shopping”

e-Transactions

 Cardtek Group with “TV-Commerce Platform”

·         Orik Payment Solutions with “Divi Neguma social benefit Card”

·         SCCP Group with “Swiff mWallet”

Manufacturing & tests

·         Samsung Electonics with “45nm Embedded Flash Logic Process Development”

·         Secure-IC S.A.S.”with Smart-SIC Analyser (TM), the "radar" tool of Secure-IC S.A.S.”

·         VTT Verschleissteiltechnik GmbH with “VTT FlyEye Technology”

Discovery

 

   CipherCloud with “CipherCloud Platform”

  Think&Go NFC with “Dynamic NFC-Screen”

  UINT with “The multiple applications chip card having biometric validation”

 

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Digital identity - a social and economic challenge !

Digital identity - a social and economic challenge !

 

Paris, October 1^st 2013 – Today, digital identity exists for all, in all its forms and meets a variety of needs. But insecurity on the Internet and the risk of identity theft are major obstacles to the development and optimal use of digital identities. Yet, the economic potential of the use of these identities is huge. According to a report by the Boston Consulting Group, the value created through digital identities could reach 1 trillion euros in Europe by 2020. The main challenge of the economy of digital identity is the desire to provide individuals, businesses and government organizations, secure and framed management of digital identity and personal data. CARTES Secure Connexions Event, which will take place from 19 to 21 November 2013 in Paris, recently released the results of an IFOP study dedicated to the protection of personal data and provides an inventory of economic and security issues related to digital identity.

 

Digital Identity at stake

 

A digital identity is an online or networked identity adopted or claimed in cyberspace by an individual, an organization or an electronic device (Technopedia). This identity is made up of characteristics or data attributes such as a username, a password, the date of birth or the social security number. A digital identity is linked to one or more digital identifiers, like an email address, URL or domain name.

Professor Saxby from the School of Law of the University of Southampton articulated what is at stake in saying that "in today's digital environment the concept of identity is an issue of much greater complexity than it was in the days of the offline world. Our digital identity can exist in many forms and for many different purposes. Its existence on the Web becomes a currency that can be unscrupulously traded and abused. It has never been more important to protect the concept of "who we are".

In terms of digital identity management, key areas of concern are security and privacy. Because identity loss and theft are rampant on the Web, digital identity authentication and validation measures are critical to ensuring Web and network infrastructure security in both the public and private sectors.

 

Two-thirds of digital identity’s total value potential stands to be lost if stakeholders fail to establish a trusted flow of personal data. Given proper privacy controls and sufficient benefits, most consumers are open to sharing their personal data. To ensure that the flow of personal information continues, organizations therefore need to make the benefits clear to consumers. They also need to embrace responsibility, transparency, and user control. Important privacy considerations relate to data collection, data usage and storage, data minimization, anonymity, pseudonymity (the use of a 'false name', a state of disguised identity), and the extent to which individuals have control over how their personal data is used.

 

A social and economic challenge

Solid identity management and strong credentialing practices are critical for governments, organizations and enterprises that must verify the identities of a wide variety of individuals—employees, business partners, emergency response officials and citizens as a whole.

 

As a result governments around the world are putting in place the legal framework to leverage strong identity credentials for eGovernment, eHealth and eCommerce and the use of these credentials is growing fast. Initiatives are taken all over the world to build digital identity and trusted credentials frameworks in cyberspace. Among many others: in the US the NSTIC (National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace), a White House initiative calling for the development of an ’Identity Ecosystem’; in Europe surveys about electronic Identity and Authentication Systems by the ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency); in France Idenum, a company supported by the government for the establishment of a common framework and universal digital identity solutions… 

Applications that leverage digital identity and personal data boost economic efficiency, help focus research and marketing efforts, and spur the creation of personalized products and services that, in turn, spur revenues. For consumers, the benefits are compelling too as products and services are better suited to their specific needs and requirements. Digital identity is therefore relevant to the economy as a whole. According to a recent BCG report, six major trends can be assessed in digital identity applications: process automation, user enablement, personalization, enhanced delivery, personal data-driven R&D, and secondary monetization. These applications are relevant to any type of industry, even if the public and health care sectors are expected to profit the most of it.

 

Huge business opportunities

How to assess the value of digital identity? It’s not that easy as it amounts to what value consumers place on their personal information and how they make decisions about whether or not to share it. The above-cited BCG report shows that the value created through digital identity can be massive: €1 trillion in Europe by 2020, or roughly 8 percent of the combined GDP of the EU. This figure can obviously be challenged but the possible uses of digital identity undoubtedly know almost no bounds. The most emblematic are public services and health, mobile and financial services, retail, e-commerce, Web communities…not to mention the digital format of classical identity and travel documents such as passports, drivers’ licenses or ID cards.

Faced with such business opportunities, activities and companies providing digital identity-related technologies and services are mushrooming everywhere in the world, from trusted devices suppliers to third party service providers. With regard to the technology which best matches digital identity requirements for security and privacy, smart cards/smart tokens clearly stand as the most able to protect and manage digital identity and personal data. Smart card technology is globally recognized as the most appropriate technology for identity applications which must meet certain critical security requirements, including: authenticating the bearer of an identity credential when used in conjunction with personal identification numbers (PINs) or biometric technologies; protecting privacy; increasing the security of an identity credential; implementing identity management controls.

Whatever the environment - a stagnant or dynamic economy, digital identity is a growth driver and a provider of tremendous business opportunities…if it is handled in a thoughtful and balanced way. Security and privacy will increasingly become an area of competitive differentiation as and when people show confidence in the way their personal data is managed. The ultimate word therefore is trust, a word – and a field of knowledge - that should pave the way to success for the smart security industry…

 

 

Isabelle Alfano, Director of the Cartes Secure Connexions Event 2013, will be happy to answer any questions. Please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

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