Safe and secure implementation of the global platform conform infrastructure supporting the customer centric model based ecosystem

Global Platform (GP) as a cross industry, nonprofit association develops and publishes specifications promoting secure deployment and management of multi-application environments of smart card technology based applications and ensuring their interoperability. The GP specifications define the business and technological processes and the associated security requirements. This publication introduces the design and development of a fully functioning smart card application management infrastructure implementing all the related GP processes and corresponding security requirements. The infrastructure supports all the phases of the application life cycle and all the partners in the ecosystem. The system is tested by several trials and certified by independent security assessment.