What is JavaCard?
JavaCard is a software technology for running applications on smart cards. Its portability, security and flexibility make it a popular solution for various smart card applications.
Why JavaCard?
Java Card helps developers build, test, and deploy smart card-based applications quickly and efficiently with an object-oriented programming model and ready-to-use development tools. For smart card issuers, it provides a secure, interoperable platform that can be used to store and update multiple applications on a single end-user device.
Advantages of JavaCard
- The applets are interoperable and run on any Java Card-based smart card device, reducing hardware costs.
- Additionally, multiple apps can reside on a single device.
- New applications can be securely installed after a card is issued using Over-The-Air (OTA) platforms, allowing card issuers to dynamically respond to the changing needs of their customers .
- Java cards enable quick and easy updates through an open operating system architecture that separates the platform from the application. This compartmentalization also reduces migration constraints, even after the initial issue of the card.
A recognized open standard
According to Oracle, nearly six billion Java Card-enabled devices are deployed each year.
Java Card offers one of the most secure technology platforms as an open standard supported by leading smart card manufacturers, including Thales.
Additionally, this technology enables different business models between issuer, application providers and operators, through multiple security domains and dynamic application partitioning.
As a thought leader and participant on several committees responsible for defining industry standards, Thales also helps define platform enhancements that will benefit all organizations using Java Card technology.
