ELWISE Card Receives CC Certification
- Technological fields
- Information Sharing Platform Technologies
- Keyword
- Smart card
- Security
- Laboratory organization
- NTT Service Integration Laboratories
Overview
With growing demand for more stringent security, Common Criteria (CC) certification has been widely adopted for evaluating the tamper resistance of smart card security (resistance against various kinds of attack). CC certification is a security certification system based on international standard ISO/IEC 15408 that enables smart cards to be tested and receive approval from an authorized certifying body recognized by the government. The ELWISE card is used extensively in Japan to support a wide range of public services, and is a Type-B combination smart card with large capacity for multi-purpose functionality. The ELWISE card has now satisfied all security assurance requirements covering development of the product and enhanced security functions, and has received CC certification from the certifying body in Japan.
Features
- Received a Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL 4) certification, the most stringent evaluation level available for consumer security products
- Provides excellent security even against the most advanced attacks such as High-Order Differential Power Analysis
- Continues to support popular legacy capabilities including large-capacity flash memory and ability to add (download) applications after the card is issued*
- Perfect balance between security measures and processing performance
Application scenarios
- Smart card services calling for advanced security
- Public/government smart card services
- Financial smart card services, etc.
- * Note that subsequently added applications are not covered by the CC certification.
