With the world's dependency on digital technology and the greater convergence of technologies, there has been exponential growth in opportunities, particularly in Asia.

Digital security threats remain a key concern for businesses and individuals and Gemalto has continuously invested to develop secure and user-friendly solutions for our customers to help safeguard personal identities, online assets and protect transactions.

In the area of banking, as an result of the growth in online transaction in recent years, online fraud has become more significant than before. The banks are adopting digital technology to combat online fraud to increase consumers' confidence in performing online transactions.

We can see that Government in Asia is actively driving implementation of the e-citizen services like e-identity card, e-driving license, e-passport and e-health card. We expect this to take place in counties like Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia.

Corporations in Asia are increasingly concerned about access entitlement and accountabilities. Solutions that address such needs combined with easier configuration for provisioning and de-provisioning rights will be in great demand. This is especially important when legislation on regulatory compliance tightens in the industries of government, finance and banking.