G&D ( Giesecke & Devrient ) 是智慧卡業界中的科技先導，為電信、電子支付、醫療保健、身份認證、交通運輸以及網路安全(公共密鑰體系)等各個應用領域提供基於智慧卡技術的解決方案。G&D公司還是鈔票及安全檔生產商中的佼佼者並雄踞于現金自動化領域，其中也是台灣鈔票也是採用G＆D公司產品。G＆D總部設在德國的慕尼克，公司在全球範圍內設有65多個分支機搆及合資公司，員工人數超過1萬人，2009年的營業額是17億歐元。

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