Patent ID: 8588415

Claim:
A method for securing a telecommunications terminal containing a terminal user identification module, comprising: a step of carrying out a procedure for pairing the terminal with the identification module, comprising the sub-steps of: loading from a server in a secure manner a first item of software which comprises a pairing key on the identification module; loading from the server in a secure manner a second item of software which is capable of operating in conjunction with the first item of software on the telecommunications terminal; transmitting from the server a pairing key which corresponds to that of the first item of software to the second item of software; storing the pairing key transmitted in a secure storage zone of the telecommunications terminal; prior to any response from the first item of software to a request from the second item of software, verifying by the first item of software in said module that the pairing key of the second item of software stored on the communications terminal is valid; responding to the request when and only when the second item of software is in valid possession of the pairing key.