Government Identification
To master the challenges of identifying citizens reliably and securely in the digital age, governments are interested to issue digital/electronic documents and develop e-ID solutions such as
- ePassports,
- national eID cards,
- eDriver licenses or
- social and health care cards.
Here security is essential for interoperable ID solutions, because no one wishes to see private data made public or exploited by third parties.
At the same time attack scenarios are constantly evolving.
Therefore Infineon introduced the revolutionary and unique security concept
“Integrity Guard” : .
For the first time in the more than 25-year history of chip card controller, data is now processed on a CPU itself in encrypted form. Integrity Guard represents a huge leap forward compared to conventional security strategies that lack capabilities like end-to-end encryption of the data path, continuous monitoring, and cross-checking between two CPUs.
Such achievements make these security controllers suitable for applications in which stored data needs an especially high level of protection such as the "Neuer Personalausweis", that will be launched in Germany in November 2010.
Security Expertise - leading security maket for more than fifteen years
Nowadays, Infineon’s products are used in the public domain of about one-third of the 192 UN member states,
which represent a total population of more than 3 billion people. Infineon Government ID products are bestsellers, accounting for roughly 50% of units shipped worldwide in 2008
1).
1) China’s national ID program not included.
Product Portfolio
Infineon offers a wide selection of security controllers and crypto controllers,
designed and tailored to meet the demands of next-generation e-ID documents.