Gemalto PIV Card for Enhanced U.S. Government Security Doubles Memory Capacity - Earns GSA Approval

ARLINGTON, Va.--(Business Wire)--
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that its large
memory Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card is now listed on the General
Services Administration (GSA) Approved Product List (APL). Gemalto has already
begun volume deliveries of the card for the U.S. federal government`s PIV
program. The card has already received FIPS 201 and FIPS 140-2 certifications.

The Gemalto PIV Card is dual contact/contactless technology built on the
JavaCard platform. It doubles the storage capacity of today`s PIV cards, a
highly demanded feature in the government sector.

"Our U.S. government customers asked us to develop this very large memory card
to give them more space to implement stronger digital security measures," said
Neville Pattinson, vice president of Standards and Government Affairs, Gemalto
North America. "Today we are providing a PIV card with memory capacity to handle
larger encryption keys and store multiple identity certificates. The larger
memory will help to future-proof PIV credentials, because it offers the room to
add other applications downstream, such as biometrics, extending its useful
life."

The Gemalto PIV card allows the identities of government employees and
contractors to be verified electronically quickly, while resisting any fraud,
tampering or counterfeiting. Already capable of secure storage of cardholder
fingerprints, the card also supports, through its open platform, adding new
applications, such as biometric match-on-card, if desired.

The Gemalto TOP DL card listing on the GSA APL can be found by visiting
http://fips201ep.cio.gov/apl.php.

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security
with 2008 annual revenues of €1.68 billion, and 10,000 employees operating out
of 75 offices, research and service centers in 40 countries.

Gemalto is at the heart of our evolving digital society. The freedom to
communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain, and work-anytime, anywhere-has
become an integral part of what people want and expect, in ways that are
convenient, enjoyable and secure.

Gemalto delivers on the growing demands of billions of people worldwide for
mobile connectivity, identity and data protection, credit card safety, health
and transportation services, e-government and national security. We do this by
supplying to governments, wireless operators, banks and enterprises a wide range
of secure personal devices, such as subscriber identification modules (SIM),
Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICC) in mobile phones, smart banking cards,
smart card access badges, electronic passports, and USB tokens for online
identity protection. To complete the solution we also provide software, systems
and services to help our customers achieve their goals.

As the use of Gemalto`s software and secure devices increases with the number of
people interacting in the digital and wireless world, the company is poised to
thrive over the coming years.

For more information please visit www.gemalto.com.

Gemalto
Ray Wizbowski, 512-257-3950
ray.wizbowski@gemalto.com
or
Montner & Associates Tech PR Agency
Deb Montner, 203-226-9290
dmontner@montner.com

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