1. Embedded Systems Security
news for February 2011
Focus on:
(1) NFC
(2) Authentication ICs
(3) Smart Meter + Smart Cards
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2. Highlights/key facts on NFC
New Mobile Payment Service Makes Bank Accounts Mobile (Telenor (MNO in ) + G&D SIM card +
Serbia 14/02/2011 Telenor (MNO) Halcom's mobile payment system)
FR 09/02/2011 AFSCM French MNOS forecast sales of 1Million NFC Cityzi mobile phones in 2011 in
25/01/2011 Wireless Dynamics Visa and Wireless Dynamics Inc bring contactless payments to iPhone
INSIDE Secure announced the availability of a new version of its open-source Open NFC protocol stack
07/02/2011 Inside Secure for Google Android (aka Gingerbread).
10/02/2011 ATOS/CASSIS Atos Origin and CASSIS International (TSM) join forces to deploy mobile NFC services
11/02/2011 OCS + NXP Oberthur and NXP Announce Licensing Agreement for MIFARE on SIM Cards
16/02/2011 NXP/Google NXP supports NFC API extension in Android 2.3.3
EU NXP/ZTE ZTE (#4 manufacture WW) and NXP Announce NFC Availability in (Q2/2011) Generation Handsets
15/02/2011 NXP/Conti NXP and Continental Demonstrate the World’s First Concept Car Embedding NFC at MWC
NXP/G&D NXP + G&D announced the full validation of a joint software solution offering secure interfaces between
(Android) the handset (android), NFC functionality and secure elements such as the SIM card.
ACCENTURE research shows that 45% of WW mobile user would welcome mobile payment, 73%
Accenture expressed privacy theft concerns.
Morpho Morpho proposes stickers with TazTag and Think&Go, keyfobs with Simlink, and a TSM offer with Cassis.
Pre-release version of the GlobalPlatform "Secure Element Remote Application Management v0.8.0"
18/02/2011 GP available for review
Embedded SIM plans submitted to ETSI standards body (remind GSMA task force group formed in Nov
13/02/2011 GSMA 2010 was expected to complete the analysis by Jan 11).
31/01/2011 NXP NXP showed NFC Demo on Nexus S Phone (see video on the web) @ CES 2011
07/02/2011 TSYS&CASSIS TSYS and CASSIS International (TSM) enter into mobile NFC partnership
US 11/02/2011 Mobiflyer Mobifyer (Merchant360) Launches NFC Development Kit for Android (the Starter Kit is only $15 USD).
Bank of America (BoA), the leading retail bank, has reportedly started inviting select customers to trial its
01/03/2011 BoA / BlackBerry new NFC-based ‘Mobile Wallet’ using BlackBerry smartphones.
Tyfone (SideTap™ MicroSD product) and Dexim (accessories manufacturer) Bring NFC Contactless
28/02/2011 Tyfone Payments to the iPhone
NTT DOCOMO and KT agree to Launch Cross-border NFC Services. Customers travelling between and
ASIA 07/02/2011 NTT & KT will access the services using compatible Android handsets embedded with contactless IC chips.
WW SJB published "NFC Business Models" report which sets out strategies for success in the emerging mobile
27/01/2011 SJB wallet wars (1,2k€/170pages) http://www.sjb.co.uk/nfc-business-models/
28/02/2011 NXP NXP adds NFC TagWriter app to Android Market
23/02/2011 Sybase Widespread Adoption of NFC Payments at Least Two Years Away, according to Sybase 365 Survey
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3. Highlights/key facts on Authentications ICs
NXP au10tic flyer + datasheet available at http://en-
11/02/2011 NXP origin.nxp.com/campaigns/authentication/
EU NXP aggressively address the anti-counterfeit market with a Javacard + 8bit Sec MCU
16/02/2011 NXP (au10tic)
NXP Brings Smart Card Security to Device Authentication (entirely new portfolio of
US/EU 14/02/2011 NXP authentication chips au10tic family, the A7001, at RSA® Conference )
Highlights/key facts on Smart Meter/Grid
Meter/
Atos and NXP unveiled a unique end-to-end encryption & authenticatio sol for Smart
27/01/2011 NXP/ATOS Grid in a demonstration at the Smart Metering UK & Europe Summit 2011
EU 23/02/2011 STM STMicroelectronics Unveils Solution for Modular Smart Meters
Bharat Book BBB published (Aug 2010) a business market report on smart meter security
US 11/02/2011 Bureau (2.7k€/65pages)
Other / MISC
Buyster is a new payment institution born from the association of three French cell
phone operators and the leading company in electronic payments in Europe (ATOS
03/02/2011 Buyster Origin)
EU GlobalPlatform publishes a white paper that outlines the benefits of introducing and
16/02/2011 GP standardizing the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) in mobile devices.
Smart Card
US 09/02/2011 Alliance Smart Card Alliance releases Whipe Paper 'EMV Roadmap for payments industry'
Banknotes with transistors : News IC technology could improve the counterfeit
Max Planck banknote prevention.
DE 09/02/2011 Institute http://www.bulletins-electroniques.com/actualites/65852.htm (press in FR)
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4. Coming events
15-16 March London Mobile Financial Services http://www.mobile-financialservices.com/
NFC http://www.wima.mc/2011/content/Home-
19-21 April Monaco (FR) WIMA 2011 page/welcomeUK.php
18-19 May Paris Mobile Payment http://www.mobilepaymentexpo.com/
19-21 Sept Nice (FR) NFC World Congress http://www.nfcworldcongress.com/conference
Other 23/24 March Paris PayForum -
29/31 March Paris Machine to Machine (blank)
21-24 Sept Nice (FR) Smart Event ’11 http://www.smart-event.eu/
Smart University http://www.smart-university.eu/
Smart
City 27-28 April Hangzhou ABI Smart Cities http://www.abiforums.com/event/Smart-Cities/home
Smart ETSI workshop architecture http://www.etsi.org/WebSite/NewsandEvents/SMART/2011
Grid 5-6 April Nice (FR) for Smart Grid _SMARTGRID_INTRO.aspx
24-26 May Paris SMARTGRIDS 2011 http://www.smartgrids2011.com/index-uk.htm
EU Smart Grid Cyber Sec. http://www.smi-
14-15 March London Forum online.co.uk/events/overview.asp?is=5&ref=3519
Smart Metering Scandinavia
Oslo 2011 http://www.smartmetering.eu/scandinavia/
The Smart Energy Summit 2011 will be the opportunity for
Smart energy policy-makers and leading executives to share their
Meter views on the potential of the smart energy market and the
critical obstacles that lie ahead.
29 March Paris Smart Energy Summit http://eu.economistconferences.com/event/smart
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