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Common Criteria EAL 4+
Posted on August 18th, 2009 No commentsApollo OS is Common Criteria EAL 4+ Certified:
Apollo OS Common Criteria EAL 4+ Certificate
Apollo OS Common Criteria EAL 4+ Confirmation
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FIPS 140-2 Level 3
Posted on June 29th, 2009 No commentsApollo OS is FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Certified:
Apollo OS FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Certificate
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Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 Smart Card MiniDriver
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 No commentsOn May 14th 2009, only two weeks after Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 released candidates became publicly available, SCsquare Ltd. has completed its new MiniDriver certification for Apollo OS Smart Cards.
An updated released on August 18th 2009, added certification of the new MiniDriver to every Windows OS since XP to current, workstations and servers.
Microsoft Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) Certification Report (updated)
The availability of the new MiniDriver is a result of a close cooperation between Microsoft and SCsquare under the Microsoft “Logo Ready” program.
The new MiniDriver, which is publicly and freely available via Windows Update, is automatically installed to any Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 machines upon the insertion of an Apollo OS Smart Card into any PC/SC compliant smart card reader.
Apollo OS Smart Card is the first high security, multi-application cryptographic smart card in the world to achieve the “Compatible with Windows 7” and “Certified for Windows Server 2008 R2” logos from Microsoft.
The new smart card Mini Driver complies with Microsoft’s MiniDriver version 7 specifications for plug-and-play operation in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and complies with Microsoft’s MiniDriver version 6 and version 5 specifications for backward compatibility:
The following video shows the new plug-and-play functionality of the new MiniDriver:
Apollo OS smart card implement a large variety of advanced technologies including on-card asymmetric key generation, RSA and Elliptic Curve cryptography, digital signature, dual-interface (contact and contactless) communication and biometrics to name a few*.
For any additional information, please feel free to contact us.
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Middleware
Posted on March 11th, 2009 No commentsFor a smooth integration of Apollo OS smart cards, Contact, Contactless or Dual-Interface with IT systems, a standard middleware is required.
SCsquare offers its client a selection of the following solutions:
- CSP (cryptographic service provider)
- PKCS#11
- Smart Card MiniDriver
CSP (Cryptographic Service Provider) is a smart card interface DLL, digitally signed by Microsoft and supported since Windows 2000. CSP is currently phased out in favor of the new Smart Card MiniDriver.
PKCS#11 (Public Key Cryptography Standard #11) is the common alternative to CSP, and is used for integration of smart cards with application that does not support CSP such as FireFox, ThunderBird, Novell, etc.
Smart Card MiniDriver is an improved and enhanced solution for integration of smart card with Microsoft Windows Environments. SCsquare MiniDriver for Apollo OS has been tested and certified by Microsoft WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Lab). Read more here
Users who are interested in testing and evaluation our middleware are invited to send an email to: marketing@scsquare.com
For generic private and open source middleware, Apollo OS is available with a PKCS#15 profile.
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Apollo OS
Posted on March 11th, 2009 No commentsApollo Multi Application Smart Card Operating System is an advanced, highly secured, flexible platform for a large variety of smart card related projects.
As a native smart card operating system, Apollo OS comes pre-included with practically everything that is necessary for a cost effective, risk reduced and technology advanced projects.
Apollo OS can be provided on the leading smart card ICs, and in Contact, Contactless or Dual-Interface form.
Here are some key characteristics of Apollo OS:
- Symmetric cryptography (TDEA, AES)
- Asymmetric cryptography (RSA, DSA, ECDSA)
- Hashing (SHA, HMAC, MAC3)
- Biometrics (on card, external, multi-algorithm)
- PKI
- ISO 7816
- ISO 14443 Level 4 Type A & Type B
- ISO 10373
- Life cycle implementation
- File system implementation
- Authentication, Authorization and Access Control implementation
For additional information about Apollo OS, and how it can easily fit to your project requirements, please contact us.
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