LEGIC Identsystems AG, the Swiss-based manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, reports that its LEGIC advant based security systems and components will be used in Bosch’s access control, time and attendance and biometric products.
Bosch will integrate the LEGIC smart card into its products and thus offer its contactless security systems.
“The application of the LEGIC advant technology is extremely important to further strengthen our international business activities”, says Reinhard Tschage, Product manager Bosch Sicherheitssysteme. “It means we can respond to the growing demand from our worldwide customers for LEGIC based security solutions and it will give us access to one of the most significant identification technologies.”
“With Bosch a leading and worldwide active company counts on our technology”, says Dr Otto Eggimann, Vice President Sales & Business Development of LEGIC. “Based on our multifunctional smart card technology, the extensive range of solutions from Bosch is now available to end users worldwide. In particular, companies which are also active globally will be able to benefit from this.”
Meanwhile LEGIC is presenting what it terms a new reader chip generation for contactless readers for personal identification at Security 2010 in Essen, Germany. LEGIC is presenting a further development of the authorisation system LEGIC Master-Token System Control (MTSC) which is based on security certified hardware. End users can furthermore also define their own key for their specific applications.
LEGIC advant 4000 reader chip generation
With the new SM-4200 reader chips of the LEGIC advant smart card, the company says that it increases the possibilities for single and multi-applications in the area of contactless personal identification such as access control, time and attendance, offline locks and e-payment. Thanks to its small size, which is only 8×8 mm, the new reader chip fits in almost every application it’s claimed. The new SM-4200 reader chip supports the ISO 14443 A+B, ISO 15693 industry standards, the LEGIC RF standard and others. With this capability for multiple technologies, end-users can profit from the advantages of different technologies by using one reader. Thanks to its low power consumption, the chip is it’s claimed a choice for battery-operated applications (eg offline door locks). A user may upgrade the firmware at any time in already installed readers or with further standards at a later point.
Master-Token with security certified hardware
LEGIC is presenting the latest generation of its authorisation and management system, Master-Token System Control (MTSC). MTSC is now also available on security certified smart cards with microprocessors up to EAL 5+ . The right management system allows end-users control over their cards, processes and applications by using a physical Master-Token in the form of a contactless smart card. The system does not rely on passwords but provides cards and reader devices with a genetic code that links system components to each other.
Personal keys
To protect their applications, end users have the possibility to integrate their own keys. Operators can therefore extend their individual applications with their company’s own control function.
Urs A. Lampe, Vice President Product Marketing & New Business of LEGIC says: “We take this year’s Security trade show as the occasion to offer numerous product innovations that make further individual protection and control possibilities available to end-users. To this end, we have decisively extended our LEGIC advant reader technology. With the LEGIC advant 4000 series, we are leading the trend to compact, interoperable and highly energy efficient multi-standard solutions that also allow easy upgrade from older systems and deployment in different markets.”
