Java 64K smart card validated by NIST achieves new higher level of security
AUSTIN, Texas - Schlumberger Smart Cards and Terminals, a business segment of Schlumberger Limited, today announced a landmark FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validation for its Cyberflex Access 64K smart card, an open platform smart card with advanced public key cryptography that is programmable using the Java card technology.
The extremely stringent requirements of Level 3 validation, for the first time ever met by a smart card, will allow Government and Commercial interests around the world to benefit from higher security performance joined with the flexibility of Java-based Open Platform programmability for all of their access control applications.
"This validation of our smart card products is another example of our insatiable pursuit to secure our government's IT networks," said Paul Beverly, vice president of Schlumberger Smart Cards and Terminals for North and South America. "Security is at the heart of our solutions and we have a strong and constant focus on demonstrating measurable security when we design and deliver products. Smart cards provide an outstanding balance between security, cost and convenience for authentication, and network security applications."
Its predecessor, the Schlumberger Cyberflex Access 32K smart card was the first card of its kind to obtain FIPS 140-1 Level 2 validation in September 2001 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) in Canada. The FIPS Level 2 validation led prime systems integrator EDS and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to select the Cyberflex Access 32K smart card for the Defense Manpower Data Center's (DMDC) Common Access Card (CAC) program. DoD subsequently issued more than 1 million of the Cyberflex Access 32K cards to active duty military personnel, selected reserve, and eligible contractor personnel.
The Schlumberger Cyberflex Access 64K is part of the company's range of highly secure, Java-based smart cards for physical and logical access, electronic transactions and other applications. These cards can be loaded with additional applications programmed in Java after issuance in order to provide additional features to the users. Cards - the keys to modern digital networks - are one of the many components in the company's portfolio of smart card-based total solutions for government agencies, mobile communication operators, financial institutions, corporations and other types of businesses. The total Schlumberger smart card-based offering includes cards, readers, terminals, software, servers, applications development and consulting.
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About Schlumberger Smart Cards and Terminals
Schlumberger Smart Cards and Terminals is the world's leading provider of microprocessor cards - the key to digital networks - and a major supplier of card-related terminals and transaction software. Its 5000 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries, with worldwide sales exceeding 2.6 billion smart cards to date. The company possesses more than 20 years' experience in smart card innovation and leads its industry in security technology and open systems.
Schlumberger Smart Cards and Terminals continuously creates new generations of products for use in a variety of applications in the telecommunications, finance, retail, transport, entertainment, healthcare, personal identification, information technology and public sector markets. Smart card solutions provide convenience, security and privacy to public and private services operators, their customers and end users.
For more information, visit us online at smartcards.net.
For further information, contact:
Karen A. Hodgson
Public Relations Manager, North America
SchlumbergerSema
Tel: 905 315 9719
Cell: 416 464 9006
khodgson@slb.com
Kathryn Marshall
Metzger Associates
Tel: 303 786 7000
kathryn@metzger.com
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