Aloaha Software

For the third time in three years Malta based company Aloaha Ltd was this March at the CeBIT Trade Fair in Hanover to present its smart card/e-ID middleware technology. A special focus to this year’s presentation was dedicated to Aloaha’s security products for mobile and embedded devices.

CeBIT is the world’s largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments including the banking sector, government agencies, research and technology institutes and other participants from the ICT industry in general.

Theft of personal or business data is a major problem for ICT users wishing to secure sensitive data. The belief that all electronic transactions are secure and protected against intruders with just a password is highly debatable.

Smart Cards together with Aloaha’s cryptographic software are designed to cater for data protection issues. It is possible to define policies that grant access to sensitive data only to authorised persons. Aloaha’s middleware integrates the crypto material of the hardware token transparently into the application infrastructure to be interoperable with all types of applications.

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European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli informs himself about the newest developments in the e-health and smartcard sector at the Aloaha CeBIT Booth.

John Dalli on Aloaha Booth on CeBIT 2011

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Malta-based Aloaha Limited participated for the second consecutive year at the Omnicard trade fair in Berlin to present its smart card/e-ID middleware technology.

Omnicard is a major international conference for the smart card community. The trade show is the meeting place for highly qualified international speakers and e-security application specialists including smart card and software developers. This year’s main focus was on e-ID and e-health developments across Europe and the introduction of smart meters around the world.

During the trade show Aloaha consolidated its close partnerships with companies like Sagem Orga and HID-Global. Thanks to the continuous assistance of Malta Enterprise, the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), and the International Competitiveness Grant Scheme, Aloaha has embarked on a market penetration strategy to further internationalise its security products.

George Gauci, the company’s Business Development Manager, said Aloaha has become an international software developer offering cryptographic solutions compatible to the latest algorithms and security cards.

He explained how the chip of a smart card is just one of the security functions of an e-ID or e-health system. For a fully operational e-ID or e-health project the functions of the chip have to be integrated transparently into the existing application infrastructure.

Aloaha’s middleware is required to provide legacy applications an interface to the smart card itself. Without such a software interface the e-ID/e-health system is not interoperable and thereby limits the whole system.

Aloaha also presented its logical access and hard disk encryption products and announced further developments for the popular Android platform.

The company is present at CeBIT 2011 in Hannover this week.

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Malta-based Aloaha Limited participated for the second consecutive year at the Omnicard trade fair in Berlin to present its smart card/e-ID middleware technology.

Omnicard is a major international conference for the smart card community. Its world-wide high reputation is grounded on the fact that the trade show is the meeting place for highly qualified international speakers and e-security application specialists including smart card and software producers.

The trade fair which takes place every January provides possibilities for around-the clock networking between public authorities, researchers, management representatives, smart card and software producers. This year’s main theme focussed on the new e-ID and e-health developments across Europe. Another major focus was the introduction of smart meters around the globe.

On Omnicard Aloaha consolidated its close partnerships with companies like Sagem Orga and HID-Global. Thanks to the continuous assistance of Malta Enterprise and the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), International Competitiveness Grand Scheme, Aloaha has embarked in a market penetration strategy to further internationalise its security products. George Gauci, the company’s Business Development Manager explained how Aloaha has become one of the leading software producers offering other countries cryptographic solutions compatible to the latest algorithms and security cards.

Mr Gauci pointed out that the chip of a smart card is just one of the security functions of an e-ID or e-health system. For a fully operational e-ID or e-health project the functions of the chip have to be integrated transparently into the existing application infrastructure. Aloaha’s middleware is required to provide legacy applications an interface to the smart card itself. Without such a software interface the e-ID/e-health system is not interoperable and thereby limiting the whole system.

Additional to its middleware software, Aloaha presented its logical access and hard disk encryption products and announced further developments for the popular Android platform. Next trade fair event for Aloaha is CeBIT 2011 between the 1st and 5th March. As usual Aloaha can be found in Hall 11.

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Worms 28/29.10.2010
Ibbenbueren 28/29.12.2010
Frankfurt 1/2.02.2011
Munic 8/9.02.2011

Agenda first day

1. Welcome Message
2. Intro Participants
3. Coffee Break
4. Session 1: Smart, GSM, uSD and e-ID Cards today and tomorrow
5. Session 2: Importance of mobile Security in the modern IT environment
6. Lunch
7. Session 3: Aloaha Smart Card Connector and Credential Provider/Gina
8. Session 4: Aloaha digital Signature technology and e-ID/e-government Technologies
9. Coffee Break and discussion

Agenda second day

1. Session 5: Crypto Service Provider on Windows and different embedded devices
2. Session 6: Different mobile Platforms and their security technology
3. Coffee Break
4. Session 7: Hard drive encryption, Identity Management and mobile Office.
5. Session 8: Secure Mobile Storage Solutions. Hardware Encryption vs. Software Encryption.
6. Lunch
7. Hands on, discussion and future outlook

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Malta-based Aloaha Ltd recently participated at the Ominicard trade fair in Berlin to present its smart card/e-ID middleware technology.

Omnicard is a major international conference for the smart card community. Its Europe-wide high reputation is grounded on the fact that the trade show is the meeting place for highly qualified international speakers and e-security application specialists including smart card and software producers.

It was the place for around-the-clock networking between public authorities, researchers, management representatives, smart card and software producers. The forums focused on e-ID, e-health, e-passports and e-payment.

Thanks to the continuous assistance of Malta Enterprise and the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), International Competitiveness Grant Scheme, Aloaha has embarked in a market penetration strategy to further internationalise its security products. George Gauci, the company’s Business Developmenet Manager, explained how Aloaha has become one of the leading software producers offering other countries cryptographic solutions compatible to the latest algorithms and security cards. Mr Gauci pointed out that the chip of a smart card is just one of the security functions of an e-ID or e-health system.

For a full operational e-ID or e-health project the data on the chip has to be integrated transparently into the application infrastructure. Aloaha’s middleware is needed to provide legacy applications an interface to the smart card itself. Without such a software interface the e-ID/e-health system is not interoperable and thereby limiting the whole system.

Additional to its middleware software, Aloaha presented its own Smartcard and Windows 7 Credential Provider. The crypto card developed by Aloaha is a secure container for e-ID certificates.

The company also launched AloahaCrypt, a freeware Add-on to the Aloaha Smartcard Connector or the Smartcard based Aloaha Credential Provider. It is used to encrypt hard drives and memory sticks.

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Stuttgart 15.10.2009
Stuttgart 03.12.2009

Agenda

1. Welcome Message
2. Intro Participants
3. Coffee Break
4. Session 1: Smart, GSM, uSD and e-ID Cards today and tomorrow
5. Session 2: Importance of mobile Security in the modern IT environment
6. Coffee Break
7. Session 3: Aloaha Smart Card Connector and Credential Provider/Gina
8. Session 4: Aloaha Mobile/WindowsCE Crypto Service Provider
9. Food Break
10. Session 5: Different mobile Platforms and their security technology
11. Session 6: Hard drive encryption, Identity Management and mobile Office.
12. Coffee Break
13. Hands on, discussion and future outlook

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Munic 14/15.07.2009
Königswinter 03.09.2009
Duesseldorf, 04/07.09.2009

Agenda

1. Welcome Message
2. Intro Participants
3. Coffee Break
4. Session 1: Smart, GSM, uSD and e-ID Cards today and tomorrow
5. Session 2: Aloaha Products and Smart Cards
6. Coffee Break
7. Session 3: Aloaha Smart Card Connector and Credential Provider/Gina
8. Session 4: Aloaha Mobile/WindowsCE Crypto Service Provider
9. Food Break
10. Session 5: Aloaha digital signature solutions and MS Identity Management
11. Session 6: Aloaha Hard drive Encryption, Secure Stick and mobile Office
12. Coffee Break
13. Hands on, discussion and future outlook

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Stuttgart 22.06.2009
Paderborn 23.06.2009
Bonn, 24.06.2009

Agenda

1. Welcome Message
2. Intro Participants
3. Coffee Break
4. Session 1: Introduction to Smart Cards
5. Session 2: Aloaha Products and Smart Cards
6. Coffee Break
7. Session 3: Aloaha Smart Card Connector and Credential Provider/Gina
8. Session 4: Aloaha Mobile/WindowsCE Crypto Service Provider
9. Food Break
10. Session 5: Aloaha PDF Form Saver and Aloaha PDF Signator
11. Session 6: Aloaha PDF Suite and Aloaha Multisignator
12. Coffee Break
13. Hands on, discussion and future outlook

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CeBIT 2009 was again a hallmark for Malta based company Aloaha Limited which specialises in smart card technology, digital signatures and encryption processes. After this year’s success in participating in the world largest ICT trade fair, in Hannover, Germany, Aloaha’s markets have extended considerably and are now incorporating the communications industry.

Digital signatures and encryption processes are used to secure the integrity of PDF, XML and WinWord documents, mail correspondence and overall transmission of data. The market of electronic signatures and encryption is growing rapidly and is now covering voice, data and SMS, the company said.

At CeBIT 2009 Aloaha launched the mobile PKI SIM cards together with its PKI SIM encrypted connectivity and PKI SIM encrypted mobile Storage. The completely brand new product range for Windows Mobile devices includes mobile authentication and encryption features for voice, data and SMS. The Public Key Infrastructure is a set of hardware, software, people, policies, and procedures needed to create, manage, store, distribute, and revoke digital certificates.

Another highlight on CeBIT was the Aloaha Smartcard Connector which can close the gap between existing PKIs by using software certificates and hardware tokens. With the new PKCS #10 auto enrolment functionality, software certificates can be enrolled on any Aloaha supported hardware token. Hardware tokens can be smartcards, contactless Mifare Cards or supported mobile phones.

Aloaha thanked Malta Enterprise which coordinated the Enterprise Europe Network Brokerage Event for Maltese companies. The Enterprise Europe Network, a European project to which Malta Enterprise is member, assisted participants set bilateral meetings with potential partners during the event.

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