Fime, Trustonic Announce First Global Platform TEE Product

By PYMNTS | February 11, 2013

FIME, advanced secure-chip testing provuders, and Trustonic – a joint venture of ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient – have announced the qualification of the first GlobalPlatform-compliant trusted execution environment (TEE) product. Trustonic is the first company to successfully release a TEE product with the functional requirements outlined by GlobalPlatform to manage applications on TEE technology.

The TEE is a secure area that resides in the main processor of a mobile device, such as a smartphone. It effectively and securely ensures that sensitive data is stored, processed and protected in a trusted environment.