Samsung Announces Second Generation Mobile Security Chip

Samsung announced that it has developed a new security (Secure Element) chip to protect personal and sensitive data on mobile devices. Company, S3FV9RR He stated that the so-called chip will be offered as an independent hardware unit containing security software for smartphones.

Common Criteria, which rates the security level of computing products from EAL0 to EAL7, awarded the security chip a Common Criteria Assessment Assurance Level (CC EAL) 6+ certification. Samsung says the security chip has a 6+ certification, the highest rating ever for a mobile component.

Samsung's new security chip will provide independent and isolated protection

According to Samsung, the new security chip can be used in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to boot, mobile payment and provides external protection for other application operations. It can also be used to support hardware-based security and device authentication for e-passports and cryptocurrency wallets. Samsung also added that the security chip is versatile because it works independently of the device's main processor.

The company first used a similar security chip with CC EAL 5+ certification in the Galaxy S20 series in February. The security chip stores PINs, passwords, and personal data of users of cryptocurrency wallets from the mobile device's built-in Flash memory. isolated It was designed to hide it somehow. The new security chip will be used in mobile devices starting in the third quarter. The security chip is planned to be introduced in August Galaxy Note 20 It is also expected to be used in series smartphones.