smart cards
RSS smart cardsSmart cards to stop HGV drivers breaking the law
News Smart cards and digital signatures are to be introduced in heavy goods vehicles and buses by next summer, to comply with new EU rules designed to ensure that drivers are keeping within the law. According to Jason Lewis, vice president of product... [24 Oct 2003]
Behind the Headlines: 'Smart' Cards under attack
News Referring to a recent Mondex trial in Exeter, he said users had expressed fears about losing their cards, a feeling of guilt because they were holding up queues as they grappled with the new technology, and concern about how to top up the card... [29 Sep 2000]
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Modeling Security Threats for Smart Cards
White Paper We discuss the security ramifications of these splits" in trust, showing that they are fundamental to a proper understanding of the security of systems that include smart cards. Smart card systems differ from conventional computer systems in that... [25 Feb 2004]
Commercial Advantages of Using Flash Memory in Smart Cards
White Paper There are several types of Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) technologies being used in smart cards. Each type of memory technology has distinct characteristics that can be favourable or disadvantageous for the smart card environment. [23 Sep 2004]
FACADE-A Typed Intermediate Language Dedicated to Smart Cards
White Paper The use of smart cards to run software modules on demand has become a major business concern for application issuers. Current solution for smartcard rely on three techniques: for Java Cards, an off-card verifier-converter performa a static... [25 Feb 2004]
Session Key Distribution Using Smart Cards
White Paper In this paper, we investigate a method by which smart cards can be used to enhance the security of session key distribution in the third-party setting of Needham & Schroeder. We extend the security model of Bellare & Rogaway to take into account... [25 Feb 2004]
Security Concerns for Memory Technologies in Smart Cards, Flash Versus Masked ROM
White Paper Flash memory has many advantages over masked ROM for storing program code in security chips, such as smart cards. Flash memory offers greater protection against hardware and software attacks due to fundamental differences in the memory technologies. [21 Sep 2004]
Hand-Held Computers Can be Better Smart Cards
White Paper Smart cards are convenient and secure. In this paper we suggest that small, hand-held computers can be used instead of smart cards. However, they do not protect the owner from abuse of the smart card: An application could for example cause a smart... [25 Feb 2004]
Re-Engineering Educational Institutions through Smart Cards
White Paper This paper has been written with the aim of introducing the reader to the history and basics of smart cards technology and its potential areas of application with a specific focus to the Re-engineering of educational campuses. [25 Feb 2004]
Smart Card Alliance Releases New Smart Cards and Biometrics White Paper
White Paper Smart Cards and Biometrics in Privacy-Sensitive Secure Personal Identification Systems" outlines how smart cards and biometrics enhance security, privacy, performance and return on investment in secure identification (ID) systems. [08 Sep 2004]
Is the US Ready for Smart Cards Yet?
White Paper For many years those within the industry have been predicting the imminent take off of smart cards in the US. In one of the most technology-oriented nations of the world, it would seem that it simply has to happen. [11 Nov 2006]
Visa Smart Cards
White Paper Visa Smart Debit and Visa Smart Credit cards provide a number of advantages to merchants and retailers over traditional magnetic stripe cards. The portable convenience of smart cards even stretches consumers' payment options beyond the physical... [03 Jul 2008]
Java Security for Smart Cards
White Paper This white paper is not about Java or Java security in general, but about an emerging branch of the Java tree; Java for smart cards. Smart cards are an important enabling technology for secure e-commerce, and Java can help make smart cards more... [25 Feb 2004]
Microsoft Class Drivers for USB CCID Smart Cards
White Paper Interest in smart cards has been growing, as indicated by Internet discussions and reports in the major news media. In the simplest definition, a smart card is a small disposable "credit card" with some intelligence in the form of an embedded CPU. [25 Feb 2004]
G&D's Smart Cards Get Even Smarter Thanks to Improved Project Management
White Paper For G&D to meet its customer's needs, the company must ensure its cards are absolutely secure and reliable, while still making use of the cutting-edge technology that customers demand. Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a leading supplier of smart card... [12 Jun 2008]
