Giesecke & Devrient: second-generation operating system for electronic ID cards
Giesecke & Devrient: second-generation operating system for electronic ID cards. Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has developed a second-generation operating system for electronic travel documents – the „Starcos 3.3 Passport Edition“.
It meets all ICAO and EU requirements and offers high security, speed, and a memory capacity, which allows for the storage of high-end applications for e-passports and ID cards.
The system also offers a new contactless secure writing mechanism to protect the electronic document against unsuccessful updates in the usage phase.
It supports all available speed variants for contactless operations, and is CC EAL 4+ certified by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
Among the most convincing advantages of the system is its performance and stability: Independent tests have shown that it belongs to the fastest operating systems for e-passports in the world, while at the same time providing the highest degrees of security and interoperability with a large number of e-passport readers.
The system also supports a new file system, which is able to manage up to 16 MB of memory and offers extended length commands to speed up read and write operations.
