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Innovation and evolution are at the heart of the Chip industry’s relevance and longevity. More and more companies are looking for the addition of secure elements into their devices and applications.

The growth of the global secure element market can be attributed to the increasing demand for mobile security and the growing trend of IoT connectivity, because they are commonly used in a variety of trendy applications, including home applications, office automation, banking & financial institutions, security, automotive, protection, personal, healthcare, and other sectors.

Secure Element form factors have become progressively smaller and more advanced over time while retaining the highest security levels to support the emergence of different applications and use cases. And in recent years, various market forces have promoted the integration of SE/SIM functionality on a System on Chip. This has created increasing demand for a new Secure Element form factor: the integrated SE/SIM.

With the advance of the industry and the increase in data collection the top security challenges for this year includes:

• Preventing data breaches
• Ensuring protection against malware and ransomware.
• Safeguarding security of cloud-based collaboration applications.
• Guaranteeing the security of an increasingly diverse pool of devices, services and software.
• Preventing advanced email-based threats, such as phishing or business email compromise.
• Protect user’s privacy. Control the access to data.

The best way to help mitigate these challenges is implementing iSE solutions.

Valid’s iSE is a secure solution which can cover all the uses cases of eSE as specified in GlobalPlatform specification and eSIM as specified in GSMA specification. If all these functions are integrated on one chip, we will be able to give customers a more powerful tool.

Besides being used in mobile phones, this chip can also be used in other connected devices such as laptops, tablets, IoT devices, and wearables, and it comes with all the functions.

Manufacturers integrating such devices will get all these functions such as the ultimate mobile experience without doing extra work.

Market
The growth factors of the Integrated Secure Element market include:

• increasing demand for security in financial transactions and digital payments,
• growing concerns regarding data privacy, and rising investments towards research & development activities.
• Moreover, rapid advancements in technology are creating new opportunities for this market during the forecast period.

In addition to that, it’s important to consider that the low-to mid-range smartphones are dominating the Worldwide Smartphone Market, and the Secure Element integrated in SOC is a perfect solution for them to create high value at low cost and create differentiation against competitors.

For the High-End mobile devices, it’s already a no brainer. All tier-1 device manufacturer brands are already using iSE with eSE together to provide the ultimate security and performance experience to high-end devices users.