StepNexus, has
joined the membership of international smart card standards body, GlobalPlatform, adding its voice to the collaborative work
of creating specifications for interoperability across the entire smart card
infrastructure and to actively participate in how those specifications are
driven to market worldwide.
StepNexus immediately joins the
Card Committee, where it will work cooperatively within the GlobalPlatform
Consortium to accelerate the convergence of standards. It will gain full integration and support for
MULTOS™ and STEP™ (Secure Trusted Environment Provisioning) secure issuance and
content distribution standard methods within GlobalPlatform
Specifications. Adding StepNexus
technologies to GlobalPlatform will deliver new options,
increase quality and provide more flexibility to all stakeholders and end users
of smart cards.
John Wood, StepNexus CEO comments: “A healthy industry needs a
good balance of standardization, collaboration, and competition. GlobalPlatform, the MULTOS
Consortium and
the JavaCard Forum are all important contributors to
the standardization
and collaboration process as are
technology solution developers, promoters, licensees and
service providers like StepNexus and SUN. It is our
aspiration and expectation that participation within GlobalPlatform
will increase of GlobalPlatform’s overall
capabilities and accelerate the adoption of proven, successful trust and
commerce models to both existing and forthcoming implementations.”
StepNexus will also join other
member organizations by serving in an advisory capacity on GlobalPlatform’s
Advisory Council. The Council not only
proposes work tasks and initiatives for the association, but also serves as a
consultant body to the GlobalPlatform Executive
Director and Board of Directors with regard to business and implementation
issues.
Bob Beer, GlobalPlatform
Chairman, adds: “StepNexus is a strategic addition to our membership. They are committed to bringing not only
resources to GlobalPlatform to assist in our
technical work, but also resources and the energy level to significantly
contribute to our efforts to drive adoption of our specifications to worldwide
markets. We look forward to witnessing the
positive contributions they will no doubt make.”
-ENDS-
For further information please contact:
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GlobalPlatform |
StepNexus |
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Lee’ann Connell |
Kevin
Schader ( |
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Iseepr |
GolinHarris |
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+44 (0) 113 274 5252 |
+1
(415) 274-7911 |
About GlobalPlatform
GlobalPlatform is a member driven organization with world-wide cross-industry
representation. GlobalPlatform is the leading,
international association, focused on establishing and maintaining interoperable
specifications for single and multi-application smart cards, acceptance devices
and systems infrastructure that deliver benefits to issuers, service providers
and technology suppliers.
These specifications are known as the standard for smart card
infrastructure, thanks to their balance of technical superiority and business
justification.
GlobalPlatform specifications are freely available and have been adopted in
GlobalPlatform is an independent, not-for-profit organization and its strategy is
defined and prioritized by a Board of Directors. GlobalPlatform
is currently chaired by Robert E. Beer, Vice President Business Development, Datacard Group, and vice-chaired by
About StepNexus
StepNexus provides pioneering technology solutions for securing devices
and distributing protected content.
StepNexus governs the STEP™ (Secure Trusted Environment Provisioning)
standard methods for secure device issuance and control, secure package content
loading and distribution, and application privacy management, and offers
services and products associated with STEP™ and STEP™-enabled platforms. StepNexus also works with partners that
implement device operating systems and applications to STEP™ specifications,
including Nectar.NET implementers, the industry-backed MULTOS™ Consortium, and
other STEP™-enabled solution providers.
StepNexus ensures that devices meet specific security and
interoperability requirements to receive STEP™ security validations. StepNexus has more than 100 issuance partners
and has enabled more than 65 million STEP™-secured devices among governments,
financial institutions, mobile carriers, and enterprise IT organizations,
including notable projects of the Hong Kong National ID, Saudi Residential ID,
and Turkish Military ID.