HID 550PGGAN iCLASS Seos Essential Card

HID Global’s Seos Essential card is a simple single-application card designed to be an economical solution for everyday implementations of secure physical access control. Seos Essential cards provide trusted management of secure identities within the SIO-enabled HID Signo and iCLASS SE reader platforms. This powerful credential technology is built to deliver superior data integrity and privacy protection by leveraging the latest cryptographic algorithms and security techniques. Additionally, a secure messaging protocol is also used to protect data transmission between card and the reader.

Seos offers peace of mind that modern-day privacy requirements are met. The default configuration of each Seos Essential credential leverages a random unique identifier, meaning information isn’t associated with the user without a secure authentication.

For migration purposes, the Seos Essential credentials are also available as multi-technology cards that combine 125 KHz Proximity and a high-frequency Seos contactless microprocessor.

HID 550PGGAN iCLASS Seos Essential Card Features

• Highly secure: Seos is Secure Identity Object® (SIO)-enabled, allowing for multi-layered security beyond the card technology and protecting identity data from unauthorized access.
• Single-application: A cost-effective and simplified approach designed for traditional access control solutions where more complex multi-application implementations are not needed.
• Convenient: Fully supported by HID Signo, iCLASS SE and multiCLASS SE reader platforms.
• Heightened privacy protection: Seos offers best-in-class data and privacy protection by incorporating mutual authentication and secure messaging mechanisms into stringent best practices for data protection.
• Programmed simplicity: Configured with a single SIO-based physical access control application for ease of use.
• AES-128 cryptographic algorithms: Ensures data protection during communication with the reader to defend against interception attempts.
• User privacy prioritization: Always defaults to using a random contactless unique identifier (4 bytes random value).
• Ultra-fast read speeds: High-performance hardware chip integrating a co-processor for cryptographic calculations with symmetric keys.
• ISO/IEC standards compliance: Supports standards: 7810, 7816, and contactless cards (14443 A).
• SIO data security: Data secured within the SIO with key diversification, authentication signatures, and AES-128 based encryption.
• Mutual authentication protocol: Generates a diversified session key to protect each card session with secure messaging.
• High attack resistance: Offers strong protection against common attacks such as man-in-the-middle and replay attacks.
• Reader compatibility: Fully supported by HID Signo readers.
• MultiCLASS SE® compatibility: Fully supported by iCLASS SE® and multiCLASS SE® readers that can process SIO-enabled data formats.
• Firmware requirement: Only supported by iCLASS SE readers with firmware Revision E or later.

HID 550PGGAN iCLASS Seos Essential Card Specifications