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Consulting

Cardhoc’s consulting services are based on:

  • A multi-sector experience gathered through a long-term relationship with the leading actors of the smart card industry over the past 30 years.
  • The usage of in-house or third-party tools allowing high-quality and efficient deliveries.

Cardhoc can provide its deliverables and services in English 🇬🇧, German 🇩🇪 and French 🇫🇷.

Technical areas

  • Smart Cards and USB security dongles
  • Java Card
  • GlobalPlatform
  • Cryptography / PKI
  • FIDO U2F, CTAP2 FIDO2
  • Biometrics on card
  • Crypto-Wallet, Blockchain
  • EMV Payment
  • Secure Personalization
  • HSM
  • SAM (Secure Access Module)
  • TEE
  • TPM
  • 3GPP / GSMA Mobile Telecommunication : UICC, SIM, USIM, eUICC, OTA
  • Protocols: T=0, T=1, T=CL, T=1′
  • Interfaces: ISO7816 contact, PC/SC, USB (CCID, HID), ISO14443 contactless, SPI, I2C and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy)

Personalization

Cardhoc guides Secure Solution Providers through the loading of application, common data and end-user-specific information into Secure Components:

  • Personalization Scripts
    • EMV (Mastercard, VISA, Amex, CPACE, etc.)
    • eMRTD ICAO
    • GlobalPlatform
    • MIFARE, DESFire, HID, LEGIC
  • Tokenization via Issuer-less Personalization Scripts
    • CCCM Scenarii 1-4
    • SEMS
    • DSEM / SCP11c

Testing & Certification

Cardhoc provides testing capabilities and offers guidance through certification in the following ecosystems. Either to manage developers teams, technical tests, interoperability “plug-fest” or conformance documentation.

  • Fido Alliance Certification for FIDO2.0 & FIDO2.1 Authenticators
  • EMV Payment LOQs: MasterCard, Visa, Amex, ECPC CPACE, etc.
  • GlobalPlatform LOAs
  • Interface Protocols: contactless (ISO14443), contact (ISO7816, I2C, SPI)
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Cardhoc Limited

Grigori Afxentiou Avenue 37
8560 PEGEIA
CYPRUS

contact@cardhoc.com