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EUROSMART is an international non-profit association located in Brussels representing the Voice of the Smart Security Industry for multi-sector applications. Since its creation in 1995, Eurosmart is committed to expanding the world’s smart secure devices market, developing smart security standards and continuously improving quality and security applications. Smart Secure devices are smart objects which contains a secure IC and embedded software and support personalization by the issuer. The main purpose is to offer Human to Machine as well as Machine to Machine security services such as data integrity, user authentication or secure storage. It comes in multiple form factors, including Smart card and Smart USB token. This includes personal, portable as well as embedded devices.

The association gathers mainly manufacturers of Smart cards and Smart Secure devices, Smart Secure Devices integrated circuit manufacturers, terminals, equipment for smart cards system integrators, application developers and issue. The association has enlarged its scope to welcome members from new horizons such as universities, educational institutions, government bodies, public labs, non profit organizations, independent and industry experts. Members work into dedicated working groups on security, market analysis, new form factors, electronic identity and communication issues. As an association gathering members from the whole value chain, Eurosmart is the ideal forum to value the expertise of the Smart Security industry regarding security, especially privacy management.

The 2007-2008 Activity Report showed the commitment of the association to value the security expertise of the Smart Security Industry and to care about explaining the added-value of Smart Secure Objects in a digital world.

 

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Eurosmart Directory 2009-2010

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