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CC for Hitachi AE45C smart card IC
Hitachi,
the market leader in the supply of smart card micro-controller
chips for GSM SIM cards and also the provider of strong
product offerings such as financial and ID cards, has
announced that its AE45C smart card IC has been granted
a security certificate under the Common Criteria for
IT Security Evaluation (“CC”).
The CC methodology is widely used in the smart card
and other information technology fields to produce quantifiable
and comparable security assurance ratings for a variety
of IT products. The CC is an international standard
(ISO 1 5408), and its certification results are recognised
in many countries around the world. “The certification
of our AE45C chip is a major step forward for Hitachi
and clearly demonstrates our security capabilities in
the demanding smart card arena,” said Keiichi Kurakazu,
GM of the IC Card Division, Semiconductor and Integrated
Circuits at Hitachi Limited. “This award emphasises
Hitachi’s continuous commitment to deliver high
security smart card ICs to the market, including the
demanding financial transaction areas.” He adds.
In achieving this product certification, Hitachi has
used the latest international definition for smart card
IC security (as specified in the IC platform protection
profile, BSI-PP-0002) at assurance level EAL4 (augmented).
The protection profile requires the highest levels of
assurance possible under the CC, both for the product
security component (AVA) and for the design and manufacturing
security component (ALC_DVS). A German evaluator, T-Systems
ISS Gmb11, and the certification body of the German
Bundesamt fur Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
(BSI) performed this evaluation. The AE45C is a leading
member of Hitachi’s popular AE-4 family of smart
card micro controllers and includes 32kB EEPROM, plus
DES and modular multiplication coprocessors. The certification
of this device establishes the basis for the appropriate
evaluation and certification of each of Hitachi’s
new smart card micro controllers and its manufacturing
sites in the future.
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