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SecureKey to Demonstrate Secure Mobile Payment and Authentication Solutions at Mobile World Congress 2013
Feb. 25, 2013 03:01 AM
SecureKey Technologies Inc. today announced, along with key
technology partners including Broadcom (BRCM), that it will be
demonstrating a number of mobile payment and identity applications based
on its cloud-based authentication service at Mobile World Congress 2013
in Barcelona, February 25-28.
These applications include:
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Mobile POS - secure EMV card read on smartphones and tablets
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Multifactor authentication for online banking, government, and
healthcare using mobile devices with embedded secure element and NFC
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Mobile identity validation using mobile devices as secure
terminals
“As a leading provider of NFC chipsets, Broadcom is pleased to
showcase Mobile POS applications with SecureKey at Mobile World
Congress,” said Mohamed Awad, Broadcom Director, Product Marketing,
Mobile and Wireless. “Broadcom’s NFC solutions provide the advanced
capability and flexibility required by OEMs to support mass market
adoption of diverse applications like secure mobile payments and
simplified connectivity. Through our collaboration with
SecureKey, we now add authentication and mobile payment acceptance to
the list of supported applications. The partnership with
SecureKey is a natural next step as we continue building industry
leading, highly integrated, NFC platforms for easy adoption by mobile,
gaming, and consumer electronics OEMs.”
“Mobile World Congress is the perfect venue to introduce and
demonstrate the strong authentication capabilities of our cloud-based
authentication service for secure mobile applications, and as a
preeminent supplier of mobile platform solutions, Broadcom is the ideal
partner for conducting this demonstration,” said Charles Walton, CEO at
SecureKey. “By providing additional strong, two-factor authentication to
allow people to easily log on to all their online services in a way that
is reliable and secure, we hope to solve the trust problem of federated
identification.”
SecureKey’s cloud-based authentication service combines strong,
device-based security with privacy-enhanced federated authentication. It
provides a suite of services that allow customers to create simple,
reliable, and secure authentication and payment solutions using devices
and credentials people already have, enabled with the SecureKey security
applet.
The SecureKey security applet is deployed as a software-only app,
or may be embedded into SIM-based or embedded secure element devices in
notebooks, tablets, and smartphones for additional hardware-based
security. Unlike digital certificates and one-time password
(OTP) generators, SecureKey’s solutions use security techniques similar
to chip-and-PIN technology used in global payment networks to ensure
that the device and every authentication event is secure and authentic,
and protected from the device operating system.
The security applet reads Visa®, MasterCard®, American Express®,
Discover®, Interac®, PIV, ICAO, and other contactless card formats.
It is already embedded in 3rd
Generation Intel® Ultrabook™ computers with Intel Identity Protection
Technology (Intel IPT). It is also available for Windows,
Mac OS®, iOS, Android™ and BlackBerry® platforms, and may be embedded by
developers into their apps using a software development kit (SDK), or
delivered over-the-air by a trusted service manager into mobile SIM
cards or embedded secure elements for hardware-based security.
About SecureKey Technologies Inc.
SecureKey is a global leader enabling user-centric identity and
authentication networks. It provides an innovative cloud-based
authentication service, which uniquely combines powerful, device-based
security features with privacy-enhanced federated authentication. Highly
scalable and consumer-friendly, the service enhances a wide range of
online, mobile and in-person identity and payment applications for
banking, government, healthcare and payments, as well as the extended
enterprise. SecureKey is a Privacy
by Design (PbD) Ambassador based in Toronto, Canada,
with backing from leading technology, payments and mobile industry
network providers. For more information, visit www.securekey.com.
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