card cryptography
Chip and PIN for ID cards: Not such a sharp idea?
News If it were possible to add chip and PIN capabilities there could be benefits for the government and taxpayer too: relying on EMV technology and cryptography could cut the cost of implementing the scheme, as the... [15 Apr 2009]
Banks: ID cards 'have been stripped of useful features'
News Apacs meanwhile would like a "simple" and "elegant" electronic way to prove the authenticity of the ID card using cryptography, similar to that used in existing credit and debit cards. The UK payments... [30 Jan 2009]
PCI-DSS: Avoiding the Data Theft Disaster
White Paper The paper focuses on how to use cryptography to achieve PCI-DSS compliance and avoid a business threatening cardholder data theft. This new whitepaper considers the topical issue of how to ensure your customers credit... [04 Dec 2007]
MSDN Webcast: Keeping Secrets in .NET Applications Level 200
White Paper This webcast shows how easy it is to use Cryptography to secure data such as credit card numbers, passwords, and connection strings. Cryptography is one of those areas most developers... [09 Jun 2006]
Security in the spotlight
AS Analysis Another security inclusion on the list is Ross Anderson (48), cryptography expert at Cambridge University, who is analysing the biometrics underpinning the UK ID card system. But, says Will Sturgeon,... [26 Sep 2005]
Ross Anderson
AS Profile Cambridge University cryptography researcher Ross Anderson is a respected voice within the IT security industry and something of a thorn in the side of anybody who would ever take risks with public encryption. [23 Sep 2005]
Card Security and Cryptography
White Paper By doing the actual cryptography on the card, the keys never have to leave their storage place. One of the key benefits of smart cards is the ability for some cards to support on board... [25 Feb 2004]
Cash machine security: Could someone steal your PIN number?
News Professor Ross Anderson, a cryptography expert working within Cambridge University's computer labs, said in a post to an encryption mailing list this week: "The background is that my student Mike Bond has discovered some... [24 Feb 2003]
Sun donates 'SSL-lite' to open source group
News Sun has donated new cryptography technology to an open source project at the heart of many secure transactions on the internet. Elliptic curve cryptography will enable secure communications with devices... [23 Sep 2002]
Windows flaw sparks credit card theft fears
News Windows uses cryptography to authenticate the validity of websites and software components such as software drivers, and to keep intruders from gaining control of key subsystems. The flaw could let a website with a valid... [06 Sep 2002]
LinuxWorld launches fresh gossip and speculation
News The processor itself is a PCI card which creates a secure environment allowing data processing and cryptography to be performed. This week's LinuxWorld event staged in San Francisco has been a rich... [29 Aug 2001]