Smart Card Security Being Built into microSD Memory Cards

While RIM’s press briefing today at WES 2009 was boring for the most part, but there was this little thing that their security VP brought up that looked really cool. MicroSD cards with embedded Smart Card security have apparently been around at least two years, but it’s certainly new to me. Giesecke & Devrient have a card shown here that carries up to 2 GB of information, in addition to ensuring only the designated device can access the data on that card, as well as being used for key generation. RIM’s big on security, and I could see security-embedded microSD cards taking off with the particularly tight-lipped enterprises of the world. For a closer look at what Giesecke & Devrient’s cards can do, check out their product sheet.