APCA is the primary vehicle for payments industry collaboration with a mandate to improve the safety, reliability, equity, convenience and efficiency of the Australian payments system.
APSCA is an independent association in the smart card industry in the Asia Pacific region...
The Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9) has the mission to develop, establish, maintain, and promote standards for the Financial Services Industry in order to facilitate delivery of financial services and products.
The IT5/4 is a sub-committee for IT5, which is the main body setting the whole of the AS2805 range of standards. IT5/4 sets the cryptographic standards to be used by the AS2805 range and the work is mainly dictated by requirements from the APCA (Australian Payments Clearing Association).
BSI Group is a leading business services provider to organizations worldwide, offering a range of services for management system certification, product testing and certification, and standardization.
The Common Criteria Vendors' Forum (CCVF) is an international ad hoc organization of commercial product vendor representatives gathered to discuss Common Criteria and CC-related issues, develop solutions and drive action to improve the CC.
CESG is the UK Government's National Technical Authority for the official useof cryptography and...
The Cloud Security Alliance mission is to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing.
A European partnership that works to foster the principles of interoperability relating to the use of electronic signatures and digital identification.
Established in 1987, EEMA is an independent association of IT professionals, businesses and governments, providing business and technical networking opportunities at both local and regional levels in the broad areas associated with digital identity and its applications, including security.
EMVCo's primary role is to manage, maintain and enhance the EMV Integrated Circuit Card Specifications with the objective of ensuring interoperability and acceptance of payment system integrated circuit cards on a worldwide basis. EMVCo is also responsible for type approvals of payment terminal equipment. EMV® is a global standard for credit and debit payment cards based on chip card technology.
ETA is the international trade association serving the needs of organizations offering transaction processing products and services.
GlobalPlatform is an industry association that focuses on smart card infrastructure development. Its proven technical specifications for cards, devices and systems are known as the standard for smart card infrastructure. GlobalPlatform has over 50 cross-industry members with representation from around the world. Thales has specifically contributed to the Global Platform Key Management System (KMS) specification.
The IEEE Security in Storage work group (SISWG) is working on standards related to encrypted storage media, including both encryption and key management.
The Institute of Information Security Professionals is setting the standard for professionalism in information security...
INCITS operates under the guidance of ANSI (American National Standards Institute) to develop Information Processing System standards. Thales contributes to the T10 technical committee.
ISTPA is a global alliance of companies and technology providers working together to clarify and resolve existing and evolving issues related to security, trust and privacy.
The MULTOS Consortium is a group of international blue chip organizations, whose objective is to promote MULTOS as the smart card industry standard across all market sectors...
NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association is a not-for-profit association that oversees the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network...
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards is a not-for-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society in the areas of security, cloud computing, SOA, web services, smart grid, electronic publishing, emergency management, and other areas. Thales contributes to and is one of the four original founders of the OASIS Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP).
Networked entities face three major challenges today. Theft of or unauthorized access to confidential data is a constant concern. The inability to share data over a network without an increased security risk limits the ability of organizations to conduct business in the most efficient way. And the lack of a viable single sign-on framework is inhibiting the growth of electronic commerce and networked operations.
The Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH) manages an open standard, for delivering solutions that allow for strong authentication of all users on all devices, across all networks.
The Payments Council is the organization which sets the strategy for UK payments. It was set up by the payments industry in March 2007 to ensure that UK payment systems and services meet the need of payment service providers, users, and the wider economy.
The PCI-SSC is an open global forum for the ongoing development, enhancement, storage, dissemination and implementation of security standards for account data protection. The PCI Security Standards Council’s mission is to enhance payment account data security by driving education and awareness of the PCI Security Standards. The organization was founded by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa, Inc. Thales participates in the Encryption and Tokenization task forces
The Smart Card Alliance is an organisation promoting the widespread acceptance of multiple application smart card technology...
Smartex Limited operates an international network of professional associations concerned with smart card and RFID technologies, and the UK commercial payment card market. World membership exceeds 500 companies in the UK, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Central Eastern Europe regions.
As a not-for-profit association, the SNIA enables our members to develop robust solutions for storing and managing the massive volumes of information generated by today’s businesses. The SNIA has adopted the role of industry catalyst for the devel¬opment of storage solution specifications and technologies, global standards, and storage education.
The Smart Card Club is a professional association of over 110 member companies which has rapidly established itself as the premier UK forum for education, debate and...