G&D ( Giesecke & Devrient ) 是智慧卡业界中的科技先导，为电信、电子支付、医疗保健、身份认证、交通运输以及网路安全(公共密钥体系)等各个应用领域提供基於智慧卡技术的解决方案。G&D公司还是钞票及安全档生产商中的佼佼者并雄踞于现金自动化领域，其中也是台湾钞票也是采用G＆D公司产品。G＆D总部设在德国的慕尼克，公司在全球范围内设有65多个分支机构及合资公司，员工人数超过1万人，2009年的营业额是17亿欧元。

Technical features of the G&D StarKey 220 HID Token:

＊Chip type: Philips P8WE5032 8-bit microcontroller with with ITSEC E4 High security certificate.

＊Card OS: StarCos SPK2.3 with ITSEC E4 High security certificate.

＊Personal data securely stored on the card chip

＊32 Kbyte free EEPROM 

＊On-card RSA key generation up to 1024 bit key length

＊Secret key operations: sign and decipher

＊Asymmetric authentication

＊Platform for digital signature applications

＊RSA sign and verify up to 1024 bit key length according to ISO/IEC 7816-8

＊Compliance with DIN (German digital signature law)

＊Middlewave: Multi-language SafeSign for CSP and PKCS#11 compatible

＊ISO/IEC and EMV `96 compatible

＊Secure messaging

＊DES, DES-3 and SHA-1 algorithms on board

The Interface

＊HID (Human Interface Device)

Supported PC operating systems

＊Windows® NT4.0*/ 2000/ XP/2003 Server/ Vista/ Windows7

＊MAC OS 

＊Linux®, Solaris/SunRay™

API( Middleware)

＊SafeSign

＊SartMini