GlobalPlatform is committed to ensuring the long-term interoperability of embedded applications on secure chip technology by developing an open and thoroughly evaluated compliance ecosystem with qualified product, test tool suppliers and laboratories.

The GlobalPlatform Compliance Program evaluates the functional behavior of a product against the requirements outlined by GlobalPlatform Configurations and associated specifications to achieve market interoperability.

GlobalPlatform Card Qualification
A product must be submitted to a GlobalPlatform qualified laboratory and competently perform a number of tests to achieve GlobalPlatform qualification. The laboratory will send its test report to the GlobalPlatform Compliance Secretariat for evaluation and issuance of a 'Letter of Qualification'.

Read GlobalPlatform Self Testing and Card Qualification Processes to understand the procedures to be completed by a card manufacturer to certify a product. The document also explains the respective responsibilities between product vendor, test tool supplier, test laboratory and GlobalPlatform.

GlobalPlatform Laboratory Qualification
To achieve qualified status, GlobalPlatform member laboratories must successfully meet the criteria set forth by GlobalPlatform and use GlobalPlatform qualified test tools. A test laboratory must also have the expertise to confirm a product's compliance to GlobalPlatform Configurations, and can offer third party validation that is neutral and results that are verifiable.

GlobalPlatform Test Tool Qualification
To achieve GlobalPlatform qualified status, test tools should support GlobalPlatform's functional requirements, and competently performed the test suite on a number of products during a GlobalPlatform TestFest.

Self-Testing Products
Vendors can self-test products by purchasing a GlobalPlatform qualified test tool. To understand this procedure further and the responsibilities of the card manufacturer read GlobalPlatform Self Testing and Card Qualification Processes.