Athena Smartcard Solutions
June 2009
Smart Card Technology and Security Leaders
About Athena
General
• Corporate HQ in Tokyo, Japan
• R&D & Sales centers in Japan, US & Israel
The Technology
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What we develop, manufacture and sell:
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Cryptographic Java & Native - Smart Card operating systems
 Uniquely designed for PKI – ID
 Specific Government & Corporate ID versions
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PKI Middleware
 Most advanced in the industry, innovative
architecture, secure, cross platform
Windows/Linux/Mac OS X
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Smart card readers and tokens
 Over 15 designs including USB/Serial Desktop,
Keyboard, Motorized, Token, SDMicro, Biometric
Athena’s Product Family
•ASECard Crypto & ASECard Crypto Duo
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36,72 or 144KByte Cryptographic Smart Card- RSA (2048),
Innovative Memory Management
Advanced security techniques
FIPS 140-2 Level 3, FIPS 201/PIV and CC EAL4+
Biometrics MOC
Windows/Linux/Mac OS X
Contact or Dual Interface
ICAO specs, PKI
•IDProtect & IDProtect Duo
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Java Card 2.2.2 and Global Platform 2.1.1 compliant
Multi-application platform supporting cryptographic and PKI
applications, such as Biometrics MOC
Cryptography supported - RSA (2048), AES (256), SEED, DES,
3DES, SHA-256, MD5
Available in different form factors, such as USB, SDMicro.
Dual interface solution providing a ISO 14443 interface
Main Advantages
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Athena products integrate seamlessly with standard market
technologies
Athena is the first company to introduce a combined
physical and logical access smartcard lifecycle management
system through our Unified Badge family of products.
Athena CMS and smart cards have been deployed in the
largest Financial institutions in complex physical/logical
access scenarios including biometric MOC.
The Athena solution is the only one where security related
settings such as pin complexity rules, pin validity and timing
data are enforced on the card itself.
Certificates and keys on Athena cards can be used through
CAPI/PKCS#11/MiniDriver no matter through which
cryptographic interface, CMS or ILM, and Platform
(Windows/Linux) they were generated.
Cryptographic Middleware
•CAPI and PKCS#11 PKI Middleware
• Main features:
• User PIN options:
•Regular PIN, Biometric PIN
•PIN AND Biometric (i.e. 3 factor authentication)
•PIN OR Biometric (i.e. either PIN or fingerprint used to authenticate the card holder).
Admin PIN options:
•Challenge Response, 3DES key.
• Various certificate propagation options (e.g. remove certificates from store if card is removed;
keep for x days if not used etc.)
• PINs are never sent to the card in plain, sent in challenge response process under the cover.
Keys are always sent encrypted (RSA encryption) to the card.
• Common CAPI and PKCS#11 objects (objects in a CAPI container are accessible to
PKCS#11applications as well).
• Protected PIN entry (in S/W).
•Microsoft BaseCSP for ILM
• Certified for all Windows platforms incl. Windows 7
• Member "Logo Ready" early adopter program for V6 smart card minidrivers.
Athena Java IDProtect
•IDProtect flexible design offers:
• Rapid porting onto leading silicon manufacturers
• IO interface options (ISO 7816, ISO 14443, USB, SD)
• Compliance to the latest industry standards
–Java CardTM 2.2.2
–GlobalPlatform 2.1.1
• A focus on cryptography
–DES and 3DES
–SHA-1 and SHA-256
–RSA (up to 2048)
–AES (up to 256)
–ECC
• Easy integration of 3rd party applications
• Performance and code size optimisation
Smart Card Readers
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ASEDrive IIIe Smart Card Reader and Tokens
USB, Serial, Keyboard
 USB Biometric Smart Card Keyboard
 Contactless Reader
 Smart Card Keyboard
 Token
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Special Features on all Readers
Flash Upgradeable
 EMV
 Microsoft Logo
 Made in Japan
 Landing contacts
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Athena CMS
Athena Card Management System
•Complete card life cycle management
•Badging and Photo ID
•Local and Remote Unlock of PINs
•Support for any LDAP, CA
•Workflow and role based
•Easily localized into any language
•Various issuance models
•Biometric support
•Contactless support
•Back office/IDM integration – SAP, Tivoli, iPlanet
Athena CMS
PKI Certificates
Contactless Chip
SSO/Passwords
Barcode & Magnetic
Swipe encoding
Logical Access
Controls
Biometric credentials
Flexible Role
Definition
Selected customers
Europe
Banking
Telecom
Manufacturing
Corporate
Government
USA
Israeli Government ID Card
Athena IDProtect Duo
• Java Card 2.2.2 and Global Platform 2.1.1 compliant.
• Advanced Athena Laser PKI applet.
• Precise Biometrics MOC.
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Cryptography supported - RSA (2048), AES (256), SEED, DES, 3DES, SHA-256, MD5.
• Dual interface.
• Contactless ISO 14443 Type B interface for physical access control.
• Security features – Holographic lamination – UV – Microtext.
• Durable card body material blend with high temperature resistance.
Israeli Government ID Card
IDMS
PKI
Bio
Visual card
properties
Card
Lifecycle
Management
System
Smartcard structure
Physical access Control
Athena IDProtect
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