INSPIRED

Integrated Secure Platform for Interactive Personal Devices

Project Manager: Prof. dr. Pieter Hartel

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science - EEMCS

Tel.: +31 53 489 2411

Project website: www.inspiredproject.com

Project Summary

The INSPIRED project aims at developing the next generation of security technology necessary for real trusted access of users to e-services in a mobile or fixed environment. INSPIRED builds on European technical and marketing expertise in smart card systems and will enable the development of a new generation of networked mobile objects. INSPIRED addresses the requirements for trust and security in networked applications with a multi-layer RTD approach going from the secure chip architecture to the communication protocols and the integration of all necessary software elements.

More than other IT domains, the smart card industry is facing the challenge to reinvent itself in the fast moving high-tech area where seamless connection, mobility and security are key aspects. This breakthrough is only possible by changing the fundamentals of the smart card and by creating a new and open technology platform. The smart card has been successful in providing a first generation of secure, personalized and portable device to millions of users principally in off-line applications such as bank and telecom. INSPIRED will develop the second generation called Trusted Personal Device (TPD) to provide Trust and Security to users and on-line services in the future ambient intelligence and ubiquitous computing environments.

The concept of an individual object representing the root of trust is the paradigm which definitely made the success of the smart card. INSPIRED intends to rely on it and to extend it to the next generation of secure communicating devices. These devices will have different form factors and features depending of the targeted applications. INSPIRED aims at defining the common technical foundations to allow cost-efficient product developments of devices with extended features and performances that can better be integrated in heterogeneous networks.

The expected impact of INSPIRED is quite high since its fundations come from the RTD requirements or technical bottlenecks of the smart card technology identified in the RESET (one of the FP5 roadmap activity) which gathered the large majority of the stakeholders in the European smart card arena. Therefore, INSPIRED consists in a broad vertical and horizontal cooperation scheme since the consortium includes the major smart card manufacturers, chip manufacturers, high-tech SMEs and major research organizations. INSPIRED is then designed to deliver the Industry the relevant standard architectures for next generation of devices that will overcome the heterogeneity and limitations of the current smart card technology.

On top of that, a direct and visible impact of INSPIRED is that new features will become available for small portable devices based on the projects innovative outcomes. That is the case for anonymous access to services based on high speed signature routines for e-voting, on-line bids and gambling applications. We can also mentioned the strong authentication techniques based on biometry which will be embedded in the future devices providing a trusted access to sensitive applications like border control as well as enforcing the citizen privacy by higher private data protection.

Inspired publications

Project duration: 3 years

Project budget: 16.2 M-€ / 8.3 -€ funding

Number of person/years: 108.5 fte

Project Coordinator: GEMPLUS

Participants: GEMPLUS, Schlumberger, Giesecke & Devrient, Oberthur Card Systems, Orga, Philips, ATMEL, Infineon, INRIA, UCL, University of Twente, Everbee, NDS, France Telecom R&D, ActivCard, ARTTIC

Project budget CTIT: 458.7 k-€ / 229.3 k-€ funding

Number of person/years CTIT: 3.6 fte

Involved groups: Distributed and Embedded Systems (DIES) and Conceptual Design and Use (CDU)

CTIT Strategic Research Orientation: ISTRICE (Integrated Security and Privacy in a Networked World)

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Home CTIT Symposium 2012 About CTIT News NIRICT Research Meet the PhDs Working at CTIT Internal Information Conferences Open Calls (updated April 20, 2012) Library and Videos Knowledge Transfer Links Sitemap Search	INSPIRED Integrated Secure Platform for Interactive Personal Devices Project Manager: Prof. dr. Pieter Hartel Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science - EEMCS Tel.: +31 53 489 2411 Email: pieter.hartel@utwente.nl Project website: www.inspiredproject.com Project Summary The INSPIRED project aims at developing the next generation of security technology necessary for real trusted access of users to e-services in a mobile or fixed environment. INSPIRED builds on European technical and marketing expertise in smart card systems and will enable the development of a new generation of networked mobile objects. INSPIRED addresses the requirements for trust and security in networked applications with a multi-layer RTD approach going from the secure chip architecture to the communication protocols and the integration of all necessary software elements. More than other IT domains, the smart card industry is facing the challenge to reinvent itself in the fast moving high-tech area where seamless connection, mobility and security are key aspects. This breakthrough is only possible by changing the fundamentals of the smart card and by creating a new and open technology platform. The smart card has been successful in providing a first generation of secure, personalized and portable device to millions of users principally in off-line applications such as bank and telecom. INSPIRED will develop the second generation called Trusted Personal Device (TPD) to provide Trust and Security to users and on-line services in the future ambient intelligence and ubiquitous computing environments. The concept of an individual object representing the root of trust is the paradigm which definitely made the success of the smart card. INSPIRED intends to rely on it and to extend it to the next generation of secure communicating devices. These devices will have different form factors and features depending of the targeted applications. INSPIRED aims at defining the common technical foundations to allow cost-efficient product developments of devices with extended features and performances that can better be integrated in heterogeneous networks. The expected impact of INSPIRED is quite high since its fundations come from the RTD requirements or technical bottlenecks of the smart card technology identified in the RESET (one of the FP5 roadmap activity) which gathered the large majority of the stakeholders in the European smart card arena. Therefore, INSPIRED consists in a broad vertical and horizontal cooperation scheme since the consortium includes the major smart card manufacturers, chip manufacturers, high-tech SMEs and major research organizations. INSPIRED is then designed to deliver the Industry the relevant standard architectures for next generation of devices that will overcome the heterogeneity and limitations of the current smart card technology. On top of that, a direct and visible impact of INSPIRED is that new features will become available for small portable devices based on the projects innovative outcomes. That is the case for anonymous access to services based on high speed signature routines for e-voting, on-line bids and gambling applications. We can also mentioned the strong authentication techniques based on biometry which will be embedded in the future devices providing a trusted access to sensitive applications like border control as well as enforcing the citizen privacy by higher private data protection. Inspired publications Project duration: 3 years Project budget: 16.2 M-€ / 8.3 -€ funding Number of person/years: 108.5 fte Project Coordinator: GEMPLUS Participants: GEMPLUS, Schlumberger, Giesecke & Devrient, Oberthur Card Systems, Orga, Philips, ATMEL, Infineon, INRIA, UCL, University of Twente, Everbee, NDS, France Telecom R&D, ActivCard, ARTTIC Project budget CTIT: 458.7 k-€ / 229.3 k-€ funding Number of person/years CTIT: 3.6 fte Involved groups: Distributed and Embedded Systems (DIES) and Conceptual Design and Use (CDU) CTIT Strategic Research Orientation: ISTRICE (Integrated Security and Privacy in a Networked World)