Lenel and Banque-Tec integrate Mifare DESFire technology

December 2003 Access Control & Identity Management, News & Events

Lenel Systems International and Banque-Tec have announced that they have partnered to introduce to market the new Mifare DESFire technology from Royal Philips Electronics. Mifare DESFire is a new and advanced technology offering that provides the highest level of security available in contactless smartcards - including triple data encryption standard (DES) encryption between the card and reader over the RFID link, along with a built-in cryptoprocessor on the card.

DESFire technology is compliant with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's GSC-IS 2.1 specification for government smartcard interoperability. The technology was recently designated for use in the United States Military Common Access Card (CAC) programme, and has quickly gathered interest among numerous government agencies. As part of its Total Security Knowledge Management Solution, Lenel has developed and introduced the OnGuard OpenCard format, the world's first offering in the security industry that creates a non-proprietary, open standard for the information encoded on contactless smartcards. The OnGuard OpenCard format, which meets GSC-IS 2.1 requirements, defines applications for access control, biometrics and demographics for use in both government and commercial installations. Banque-Tec has introduced a DESFire smartcard reader that supports Lenel's OnGuard OpenCard format.

"We are very pleased that Banque-Tec has implemented the OnGuard OpenCard format using leading-edge Mifare DESFire technology," said Rudy Prokupets, Lenel's chief technology officer and executive vice president of research and development. "As a result of our combined development efforts, we now offer the world's first fully-integrated, GSC-compliant solution that utilises DESFire technology. This solution will prove invaluable for government and commercial smartcard applications that require the unparalleled security that only DESFire can deliver."

For more information contact Phil Mailes, Lenel Systems International, 0944 1483 815230, [email protected], www.lenel.com





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