EMV Data Preparation
Bell ID® DataPrep Plus provides an affordable yet powerful solution to realise a basic issuance of EMV compliant payment cards. As a vendor independent software provider, Bell ID allows to integrate with your equipment vendor and card manufacturer of choice.
Organizations planning to issue smart cards share one common challenge: they need to enhance their existing card management systems with a data preparation component. This essential component is needed to generate the cryptographic and application data required for personalizing the smart card’s chip. Such a solution must protect investments in existing systems while fulfilling today’s requirements at affordable prices.
Bell ID® DataPrep Plus receives issuance requests from traditional card management systems, stores and processes the received embossing file data and generates the required EMV security data elements. Bell ID® DataPrep Plus interfaces to a host security module (HSM) in order to derive keys and encrypt selected data. The completed set of data can then be passed on to the personalization bureau.
Features
Key features
Bell ID® DataPrep Plus provides a growth path to meet future smart card requirements such as contactless, mobile (NFC) provisioning, multi-application and in-branch or post-issuance personalisation
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Strong key management
Leveraging HSM device to securely transport 3DES keys, private keys and public key certificates to bureau locations -
Vendor independent
Interfaces with any card management or personalization system with minimal impact on legacy systems -
Prepare for the future of EMV
Expand on your EMV offering (e.g. contactless, mobile) as and when required
Benefits
Benefits
- Performs key management and data preparation services for EMV payment cards
- Supports all common EMV contact and contactless payment applications, including local national debit schemes
- Supports multiple payment applications on one card
- Forms a highly secure solution that can be physically located in a high security zone isolated by firewalls
- The key management component leverages HSM device to securely transport 3DES keys, private keys and public key certificates to bureau locations
- Allows easy installation
- Achieves high throughput using batch mode for mass issuance
