The Worldwide Acknowledged Standard Solution for the Readout of eIDs


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Unique Platform for Conformity Tests of eIDs and Readers


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Secure read-out of eIDs

secunet Golden Reader Tool Platinum Edition (GRT) allows secure and reliable read-outs of electronic ID documents during document verification or authentication. GRT Platinum Edition offers the comprehensive visual display of the data read from eIDs.

Established quality

The secunet GRT Platinum Edition is the latest advancement of the Golden Reader Tool already tested comprehensively on the market. The GRT is a joint development of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and secunet.

Product features of the GRT Platinum Edition include, for example:

  • Support of all EAC versions
  • Support of biometric use cases via secunet biomiddle
  • Innovative design with SnapIns for specific individual requirements
  • OEM-versions with customised design and languages upon request

Latest standard conformity guaranteed

secunet GlobalTester is a unique conformance testing solution for testing the chip application of smart cards and readers and performing protocol tests. The open source platform of GlobalTester (GT) is available free of charge.  It allows our customers to develop their own test suites – aside from commercially available test suites by secunet.

Comprehensive test suites for conformity testing of smart cards, eIDs and readers

Our GlobalTester product portfolio "Prove" offers both standard and customized test suites to test application layer and data layer (layer 6 and 7 of ISO/OSI model) of eID cards, ePassports, readers/terminals and eID clients.

secunet GlobalTester provides developers with a comprehensive test platform to perform conformity tests of chip applications:

  • Test suites for smart card protocol testing based on the latest BSI and ICAO test specifications
  • APIs for smart card simulation and/or smart card terminal simulation
  • Simulators for ePassports and electronic ID cards

Factsheet for GRT Platinum Edition

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Advantages of GRT Platinum Edition

  • Commercially available with all advantages of a licensed product
  • Internationally tested and acknowledged as a reference implementation
  • Continuous adjustment to current requirements
  • Adaptable in terms of functionality, design and use cases
  • Fast and lean implementation with minimum effort

Advantages of GlobalTester

  • Our products are based on the open source GlobalTester platform
  • Allows easy and quick customization for additional features and applications
  • Fast implementation of test specifications
  • Implements latest developments and test specifications
  • Easy yet very detailed failure analysis
  • Fast support