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February 2020 Newsletter

Letter from GlobalPlatform’s Executive Director

February will see GlobalPlatform host an SE IoT Workshop in Nuremberg alongside our Prime Sponsor Oracle and Supporting Sponsors STMicroelectronics and Able Device. The event is free to attend but spaces are limited so register now to avoid disappointment!

At the Fall meeting in Madrid, we made the decision to consolidate the Consumer IoT and Industrial IoT charters into one encompassing IoT Task Force. You can read more on this below.

Looking ahead, we encourage members to start making preparations to attend the GlobalPlatform Spring meetings, taking place on March 30 in Austin, Texas. View the GlobalPlatform calendar for the latest information.

GlobalPlatform hosts SE IoT Workshop in Nuremberg

On Thursday February 27, we are co-hosting a free-to-attend technical workshop, to educate delegates on the value of Secure Elements (SEs) for IoT deployments.

Beginning with an overview of the SE itself and the latest SE technologies for IoT, the workshop will be focused on use cases and demonstrations which expose key security and implementation challenges, and how the SE can be used to solve them.

It will feature presentations and demonstrations on:

  • GlobalPlatform SEs
  • Java Card for IoT
  • Multi-cloud authentication and communication using Java Card
  • On-boarding technologies - DLOA and MUD files
  • Device connectivity based on SIM application engine
  • GSMA’s IoT SAFE service
  • Tamper-Resistant Elements
  • Attestation

We would like to thank our speakers, as well as Prime Sponsor Oracle, and Supporting Sponsors STMicroelectronics and Able Device, for helping to make the workshop possible.

View the agenda and register

How standards help solve the IoT security challenge

As a wider variety of objects become connected, security standards will be critical to ensuring the privacy and security of data. Read our article in Electronics in which Technical Director, Gil Bernabeu, explains how standardization helps protect devices and networks from cybersecurity threats.

Read the article

Read our Q&A with Stéphanie El Rhomri

As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, GlobalPlatform Secretary and Treasurer, Stéphanie El Rhomri, explores GlobalPlatform’s key achievements over the past two decades and shares her thoughts on the future of the connected device ecosystem.

Read here

PODCAST: Industrial Talk’s Scott MacKenzie speaks to GlobalPlatform

I caught up with Scott Mackenzie at IoT Solutions World Congress, to talk IoT security and what needs to happen to make it easier for connected device manufacturers to implement best-practice cybersecurity.

The podcast was recorded live from the event in Barcelona. You may remember, this is where GlobalPlatform publicly launched the IoTopia initiative.

Listen here

GlobalPlatform merges Consumer IoT and Industrial IoT Task Forces

At the Fall meeting in Madrid, The Board of Directors took the decision to consolidate the consumer and industrial IoT charters into one IoT Task Force, responsible for identifying, defining and evaluating the business and technical requirements of new and emerging products.

Having a single IoT Task Force will make it easier for members to stay connected to discussions and work items, as well as to simplify the Task Force’s interaction with the IoTopia (as well as other) committees.

The IoT Task Force will now be co-chaired by Nils Gerhardt (G+D Mobile Security) and Sebastian Hans (Oracle).

Learn about our Market Task Forces
Technical Documents

New Document Releases

This new specification defines interfaces for a Secure Element (SE) different from ISO/IEC 7816-3. It specifies how to transfer APDUs between a Hosting Device and a SE using serial physical interfaces based on SPI or I2C.

It is available for free download on the member and public website.

Download

Specifications Under Review

A minor version release of the TMF Open Trust Protocol Profile has been made available for member review. The release applies various bug fixes and additions.

These documents have been made available to solicit comments from the GlobalPlatform membership. Please note that we expect all comments by Monday, 10 February 2020.

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The four specifications of the Virtual Primary Platform (VPP) have been extensively reviewed in order to create the v2.0 GlobalPlatform specifications.

These documents have been made available to solicit comments from the GlobalPlatform membership. Please note that we expect all comments by Friday, 14 February 2020.

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After its initial publication as a fast track document, the Open Firmware Loader (OFL) specification has been extensively reviewed to create the v2.0 GlobalPlatform specification.

This document has been made available to solicit comments from the membership of GlobalPlatform. Please note that we expect all comments by Friday, 28 February 2020.

Download

This document specifies a mapping between TMF OTrP Profile messages and TMF ASN.1 commands.

This document has been made available to solicit comments from the membership of GlobalPlatform. Please note that we expect all comments by Monday, 2 March 2020.

Download

This document aims to list the security functions that should be considered during the evaluation of a Secure Element product based on the GlobalPlatform cards specification.

This has been made available to solicit public comments. Please provide comments to the specification by Thursday, 5 March 2020.

Download

The SE Abstract Communication Layer Over TCP/IP will define a socket API to send commands and receive responses from a device hosting a Secure element. The objective of the project will allow executing the GlobalPlatform compliance tests on these new secure elements

A pre-release version of SE Abstract Communication Layer Over TCP/IP v0.2 is now available to download from the GlobalPlatform public review page.

This document has been made available to solicit comments from the public. Please note that we expect all comments by Monday, 16 March 2020.

Download
Speaking Engagements

Embedded World

If you’re attending Embedded World, you can hear Technical Director, Gil Bernabeu, explain how GlobalPlatform is easing IoT security implementation for device manufacturers on Wednesday, February 26 at 12:00 – 12:30pm.

Learn more

Payments Summit

Executive Director, Kevin Gillick, will join the ‘Future of IoT Payments’ track on Thursday, February 27 at 1:00pm to explain the value IoTopia will bring to IoT and its relevance to banking and payment services.

Learn more

IoT World

Our Chairman, Nils Gerhardt, will take to the IoT Security stage on Wednesday, April 8 at 3:30pm to explain how manufacturers can securely build and manage their devices without having to become cybersecurity experts themselves.

Learn more
Membership Offers

Visit the member website to view discount codes for each event


GlobalPlatform members will receive a 20% discount on registration.

GlobalPlatform members will receive a $150 discount on registration.

GlobalPlatform members will receive a 15% discount on registration.

GlobalPlatform members will receive a 15% discount on registration.

GlobalPlatform members will receive a 20% discount on registration.

GlobalPlatform members will receive a 20% discount on registration.

GlobalPlatform members will receive a 10% discount on registration.

GlobalPlatform members will receive a 20% discount on registration.

GlobalPlatform members will receive a 20% discount on registration.

GlobalPlatform members will receive a 15% discount on registration.

GlobalPlatform members will receive a 15% discount on registration.

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