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GlobalPlatform Launches Security Task Force
May 2014 by Marc Jacob
GlobalPlatform, the association that standardizes the management of applications on secure chip technology, has announced the launch of a Security Task Force. It will define the association’s security philosophy and tailor GlobalPlatform’s Specification offerings for the security ecosystem. The group will identify specific industry use cases and work to apply the best combination of GlobalPlatform Specifications to offer practical and proportionate levels of defense against the unique threats that each use case faces in the real world.
The task force has been created in response to the increasing number of secure and trusted services that are being deployed on devices such as smartphones that contain often under-utilized secure chip technology, but need to be protected. The group’s immediate priorities are to develop white papers to communicate GlobalPlatform’s role in the security ecosystem and to host GlobalPlatform security workshops with industry representatives to explore the management of secure and non-secure applications on a mobile device. In order to achieve its goals, the group will also facilitate discussions regarding security requirements for devices incorporating secure chip technology and actively contribute to industry efforts to streamline security certification. The group is currently made up of 42 GlobalPlatform Member companies.
