Microexpert is a part of the Smart Card Group of companies' and was formed as a security consultancy over 20 years ago in 1983. We have been active in the Digital Security arena for the last 15 years and continue to advise clients on using secure integrated circuits in the form of Smart Cards, Crypto Tokens and RFID Tags for a variety of business applications, ranging from transport tickets to payment cards and satellite condition access cards.
When it comes to developing new products, we are very aware of the potential problems facing industry. Project teams within Business Development often find that they are able to see far beyond the capability of their in-house IT department, which are already loaded with existing projects. Microexpert helps these project teams to remove the pressure of the situation.
Our consultants here at Microexpert have been involved in many national and international Digital Security projects, including the designing and production of the Mondex electronic purse scheme and being actively involved in the development of smart card management systems, one of which was developed by DataCard and brought by American Express. The most well known of the lightweight card management systems, was developed by the team at Microexpert., is the 'Rosco', which was designed for remote control of Smart Card applications and platforms.
Among the management systems developed in the projects aided and commissioned by Microexpert, we have also been using modern Public Key cryptographic systems to implement a security system for citizen cards. With identity and authentication being a core part of the Microexpert design infrastructure, the security designs implemented have been based around the use of the JavaCard, which effectively invokes a remote security session with the individual citizens cards. One implementation of the citizen card security system has been enforced by Aberdeen county council through their Accord Card.
At present, we have been expanding our key areas to include Protective Monitoring. With very little quantities of products available both industrially and domestically, we have opened a project to boost network and internet security through the protection and monitoring of private data leaving nodes (clients and servers).
With more and more exposure to data vulnerability and loss, Microexpert are currently developing Protective Monitoring devices, rather than software (as software can bloat and cause instability on computers), that can actively monitor internet traffic, blocking private data from leaving the home. The Protective Monitoring devices will also be capable of using analysis logs to identify the coercion of paedophiles and other internet nasties, that may be trying to access and gain personal and sensitive data from networks.
What can our consultants do for you?
The consultants at Microexpert are highly skilled in a wide range of key areas. These have included:
Smart Cards and Tokens, including the specialism of multi-application Smart Cards,
Chip and Pin (EMV) and payment systems
Biometrics/ Identity and Authentication
Cryptography
Public Key Infrastructures
Satellite Conditional Access Schemes
Protocol Design and Analysis
Software Design and Development
Network and Internet Security
ITSEC and Common Criteria security evaluation and certification
