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BSI TR-03151 Secure Element API (SE API)

In the course of digital transformation, many applications rely on digital signatures in order to protect the authenticity and integrity of information. Due to legal or organisational requirements, such applications need a certain level of protection of their signature keys, i.e. private signature keys must be protected from unauthorized usage and disclosure with help of a suitable secure component.  Such a level  of  protection can be achieved by the usage of a Secure Element (SE).

The Technical Guideline BSI TR-03151 specifies the Secure Element API (SE API). The SE API is a digital interface that wraps functionality of a Secure Element and allows to access the security functionalities of the Secure Element by an application in a standardized way regardless of the specific type of Secure Element in use.

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