Secure Element Protection Profile - GPC_SPE_174, version 1.0 defines a mandatory core Protection Profile (PP), and optional functional packages and PP-Modules for Secure Elements (SEs) implementing Java Card specifications and GlobalPlatform Card Specification with Amendments. Typical SE form factors include smartcards, eUICCs, and eSEs.

The TOE type is an open GlobalPlatform SE implementing the GlobalPlatform Card Specification ([GPCS]) and a Java Card runtime environment. The TOE provides secure application execution and storage, protection of application code and data from unauthorised access and support for cryptographic key management and operations, CVM management, multiapplication deployment, and personalisation.