New TeleTrusT member: OMNIKEY Increases Know-How for Secure Identification in Electronic Transactions |
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ASSA ABLOY Identification Technologies
Am Klingenweg 6a
65396 Walluf, Germany
Press release date: June 22, 2007
Walluf, June 22, 2007 - OMNIKEY, an Assa Abloy Identification Technologies (ITG) company, strengthens TeleTrusT e.V. with competence in secure identification. The association, founded to promote trust in information and communication technology, leverages the pooled expertise and the resources of its more than ninety members from business, administration and science in order to develop and deploy secure applications for electronic business processes.
With OMNIKEY, TeleTrusT wins one of the three leading vendors of smart card readers as a member that contributes its many years of experience in the field of identification technology. "With this know-how, OMNIKEY strengthens in particular TeleTrusT's Workgroup 2, which carries out research projects for electronic identity, the protection against its misuse and the safeguarding of privacy," explains Professor Reimer, Managing Director of TeleTrusT. As of today, electronic identification is mostly discussed in the context of online banking, electronic commerce in general and the health card.
Uwe Schnabel, Technical Director of OMNIKEY, expects valuable input for further developments from the collaboration within TeleTrusT. "In this association, we are at the source of information and hot topics and also benefit from the direct sharing of ideas with other organizations," explains Schnabel. In our fast-paced time, where technological know-how is rather short-lived, a working network is an invaluable market advantage, he said.
The PC-linked OMNIKEY smart card readers are open for any application including logical access control, digital signature, WLAN authentication, and many more. Also secure online banking and other online transactions as well as loyalty programs or ehealth solutions are enabled by OMNIKEY readers. The diversified portfolio includes desktop, PCMCIA and ExpressCard readers, USB-Dongles for SIM sized smart cards as well as readers with PIN pad and display. The reader portfolio is complemented by ASSA ABLOY ITG´s competences in the smart card area.
About Assa Abloy Identification Technologies (ITG)
Assa Abloy Identification Technologies (ITG) is a leader within the ID management and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) markets. The company develops, manufactures and markets RFID components, products, and services typically deployed within national ID and e-passport programs, corporate access control, supply chain management, animal tagging, financial transactions, transport and various industrial or manufacturing solutions. Assa Abloy ITG is a merger of ACG Identification Technologies, Novacard do Brasil, OMNIKEY, Sokymat and VisionCard. Assa Abloy ITG has over 900 employees and 25 sales offices in all continents. The company's headquarters are located in Walluf, Germany. ITG is part of the Global Technologies Division of the ASSA ABLOY Group. For more information, please visit aaitg.com.
Press contact: Hiller, Wuest & Partner GmbH Heidi Schall Tel: + 49 6021 38666-56 Fax: + 49 6021 38666-17 E-Mail: h.schall@hwp.de www.hwp.de
About TeleTrusT Germany e.V.
TeleTrusT was founded in 1989 as a non profit making association to promote the trustworthiness of information and communication technology in an open systems environment. Accordant to the demands of the every day practice TeleTrusT supports the area wide implementation of data encryption as well as Identification, Authentification and Signature (I-A-S) in eBusiness applications within industry and administration. In this connection the conformity of standards plays a decisive role as a foundation for interoperable Hard- and Software as well as for services. Together with institutions from other countries TeleTrusT works on harmonising aims and standards within the European Union. Of particular concern is a technical and organisational security that is appropriate for the concrete application context. www.teletrust.de
Press contact: Sabine Faltmann, M.A. f@ltmann PR Öffentlichkeitsarbeit für IT-Unternehmen Tel +49.241.89 46 8 - 22 Fax +49.241.89 46 8 - 44 www.faltmann-pr.de www.vip-kommunikation.de s.faltmann@faltmann-pr.de
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