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Thursday, Apr 03, 2003
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Security TCS, ECIL in efforts for smart card security tools Our Bureau
HYDERABAD, April 2 IN an effort to popularise and ensure security of key information embedded in smart cards, three institutions — ECIL, SITAR and SETS — have formed the National Smart Card Consortium of Enterprises (Nascent), to develop the required wherewithal. While the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), Hyderabad, would be the systems integrator for the smart card device, Sitar (Society for Integrated Circuit Technology and Advance Research), Bangalore, will fabricate the chip and SETS (Society for Electronic Transactions and Security) will come up with security solutions. SETS, in turn, has formally signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tata Consultancy Services's (TCS) Advanced Technology Centre, Hyderabad, to jointly develop the back-end support and the security features, Dr M.S. Vijayaraghavan, Director of Sitar, told Business Line. The strategic tie-up would be on an exclusive basis for development and execution of the proposed smart card applications by SETS. TCS would be responsible for information security features such as protection of data, authentication, etc., said Dr M. Vidyasagar, Vice-President of TCS's Advanced Technology Centre, here. Dr Vidyasagar said TCS had already developed advanced encryption methods and also has expertise in conventional methods, which would be utilised in the proposed project. He said TCS's VLSi group in Bangalore and Sitar were jointly designing chips, which the latter would fabricate. ECIL, with its expertise in system's integration would play the role of customer interface for the smart card based products at a later stage. Dr Vijayaraghavan, who is also Secretary to the Board of SETS, said security of information had emerged as an important issue in view of the increase in electronic transactions and integration of services across countries. SETS, is a registered society of professionals formed in 2002. He said SITAR had the expertise to fabricate customised chips for users in the country. It was interacting with potential players for developing smart-card based applications.
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