Assa Abloy Ab

Actividentity, Inc.

John Babbidge

Eric Fernand Le Saint

Dominique Fedronic

Hong Fei Liu

François-Eric Michel Guyomarc'h

A system and method are provided to access a secure host device using a personal security device (PSD). A user's PSD may hold a credential of a requesting component of the secure host device. The credential may only be readable from the PSD when a secure channel is established therewith. The establishment of a secure channel with the PSD may require access to keys. The secure host device may contain a SAM capable of securely storing and operating keys. The SMA may contain the relevant keys to support establishment of a secure channel with the personal security device and release a credential to its requesting component. These criteria may achieve the secure release of the credential from the PSD to the requesting component of the secure host device to achieve access by the user when the PSD is presented in the non-contract field of a card reader monitored by the secure host device.

Secure access to secure access module-enabled machine using personal security device

A system obtains assurance by a content provider that a content control key is securely stored in a remote security module for further secure communications between the content provider and the security module. A security module manufacturer, which has a pre-established trustful relation with the security module, imports a symmetric transport key into the security module. The symmetric transport key is unique to the security module. The content provider shares the symmetric transport key with the security module manufacturer. The content provider exchanging messages with the security module through a security module communication manager in order to get the proof that the security module stores the content control key. At least a portion of the messages exchanged between the content provider and the security module are protected using the symmetric transport key. The symmetric transport key is independent of said content control key.

Storing a key in a remote security module

Method and system for storing a key in a remote security module

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