Semiconductor solutions provider Inside Secure
has implemented biometric on-card matching capabilities for its
SecuRead near-field communication (NFC) solution.

The solution claims to enable manufacturers of
mobile NFC devices to provide enhanced, two-factor security and
great personal privacy for a variety of mobile applications.

Inside Secure’s biometric technology will make
its debut on the ‘TazCard’ – the NFC e-wallet from contactless
products and solutions provider TazTag. The solution is based on
advanced fingerprint identification software from biometric
technology provider Neurotechnology.

“Privacy is ensured because once the user’s
fingerprint is stored in the secure element of the SecuRead device,
all subsequent fingerprint matching operations are processed there,
too, and the original fingerprint data is never exposed again,”
said Bastien Latgé, senior product manager, secure element and
mobile applications at Inside Secure.

“By combining something you have – the TazCard
– with something you are – your fingerprint – we are able to
achieve strong two-factor user authentication, which then enables
the TazCard or other device to unlock the secured application in
our secure element.”

The enhanced TazCard will be launched and
demonstrated at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 14 – 17
February 2011.

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The demonstration is said to employ a personal
computer with a small fingerprint scanner attached, representing a
POS terminal and a TazCard NFC wallet running a payment
application. The computer will initially be used to capture the
TazCard user’s fingerprint as part of the enrolment process. The
fingerprint’s unique characteristics is then extracted by the
Neurotechnology software and stored in the Inside SecuRead. The
TazCard is then ready to make a purchase.

The POS terminal is again used to scan the
TazCard user’s fingerprint, where its characteristics are
transmitted to the TazCard. The SecuRead will utilise its onboard
Neurotechnology software to compare the new fingerprint with the
‘trusted’ data previously stored during enrolment. If the two
fingerprints match, it will unlock the payment application on the
TazCard.

The TazCard incorporates the Inside VaultIC
turnkey security module, which aims to protect the personal data
and applications.