The phrase "a secure element" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to technology, security, or hardware, particularly when discussing components that provide secure storage and processing of sensitive information.
Example: "The device is equipped with a secure element to protect user data from unauthorized access."
Alternatives: "a secure component" or "a trusted element".
These tiny devices have a secure element.
By running a secure operating system on a secure element, there are other potential applications.
Previously, mobile payment credentials were stored on the device inside hardware known as a secure element.
There also has to be a secure element to deter hackers, and an application that provides a user interface on the phone.
Apple has also filed a patent recently for a "touchless" payment system that uses a "secure element" on the iPhone to store and protect payment information.
And a source tells us that the Galaxy Nexus Verizon is planning to ship already has both the requisite NFC chip and a secure element embedded as well.
This is actually mostly true — in order for the wireless payment features of Google Wallet to function, your device needs both a special secure element and an NFC chip.
In order to use the service, consumers must be a customer of one of the three mobile operators indicated, and must use a supported device (currently select Android devices) with a special secure element SIM card.
Apple of course is confident that it has hit upon a secure solution, by combining its fingerprint-scanning technology Touch ID with a new 'Secure Element' chip located within its handsets that store users' credit card data – but that pays retailers with proxy data so that sensitive information is never being exchanged through the air.
In those regions, Android users on A&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon can now pick up a special secure element SIM card for their supported handset models starting today, and then download the Isis Mobile Wallet application in order to start using their handset to make mobile payments.
Ledger now uses an ST33 secure element, which is slightly more secure than the previous version ST31.
