InSeal launches a unique Contactless Operating System Platform

Marseille, April 5 2004

While proprietary operating systems still prevail in the smart card industry, InSeal Contactless has developped a generic, open, flexible and secure multi-purpose Operating System Plaform - with application downloading capabilities - specifically designed for the Contactless market.

``JayCOS is an Operating System platform, hardware independent, compliant with ISO-7816, ISO-14443 A/B/C and ISO-15693 standards. It comes with easy-to-use SDK tools that allow users to develop their own contactless applications, be they payment, access control, ID or Transport applications and choose the most adapted chips according to business case'' says Philippe Frémy, CTO at InSeal.

With a customizable files system and possible customisations (addition of new commands) after card issuing by Optionnal Code, along with high level of security with multiple cryptographic mechanism (triple DESS, DESX, AES, SHA, MD5, RSA) and open other proprietary cryptography (NTRU, ECC), JayCOS covers the requirements for the most sophisticated appications. In particular, JayCOS is compliant with with online payment and GSC-IS, DoD Profile specifications

``As projects world-wide become increasingly dependent on contactless smart cards, we offer to smart card manufacturers and system integrators a flexible, feature riched and cost effective solution to address their contactless vertical markets. Because we focus only on Contactless Operating System and Applications, we are the perfect partner to existing leading companies that need to add software solutions into their products and portfolio'' says Fabien Franceschini, VP Business Development Manager at InSeal.

About InSeal Contactless

InSeal designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive solutions for the deployment of world-class Contactless Smart Cards applications.

InSeal’s expertise lies in the programming of the microprocessors that are embedded within smart cards, including the development Operating Systems and applications for Microcontroller based Contactless Smart Cards.

InSeal Contactless enables chip manufacturers, smart cards suppliers, VARs and integrators to deliver anywhere in the world any type of applications, such as ID documents, Physical and Logical Secure Access Control, Payment or Transport. Relying on its comprehensive products and solutions portfolio, InSeal’s customers can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams.

Contact: press@inseal.com