SAM Calypso
In order to guarantee a high level of security of portable objects used for contactless ticketing in public transport, the authentification and modificaton of their content requires the use of secret keys.
These keys allow the terminals (sales, validation, control) to authenticate the data of a portable object presented (identifiers, season tickets, book of tickets, etc.) to protect the system against the use of unauthorized objects. Only the equipment possessing the keys may modify the content of the portable object (adding a contract, modifying the user data, etc.). To remain secret, these keys are securely stored into the smartcards and the secure application modules (SAM).
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The central system keeps track of the transactions, provides statistics and checks the system security and integrity. It may use a SAM to assess the authenticity of the transaction certificates.
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The vending equipment loads contracts (one-way tickets, season tickets, etc.) into the cards. It uses a SAM to secure this transaction, sign the data exchanged and certify the information sent to the central system.
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The validator allows entrance in the transit network (and optionally the exit). It uses a SAM to secure the transactions between the validators and the cards, to sign the data sent to the cards and tickets and the information transferred to the central system.
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Other types of terminals, such as hand-held control terminals, personalization machines, card manufacturing equipment, etc., may also use a SAM, configured in accordance to the operations that the terminal for which it is authorized.
Advantages
Improvement of the contactless ticketing transactions security with TDES and AES cryptography.
Higher performance and security for faster ticketing transactions.
Compliant with all Calypso cards and portable objects.
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Calypso HSM
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