smart cards
RSS smart cardsIs 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. [10 Nov 2006]
The Transition to Multi-application Smart Cards with Post Issuance Personalization Capabilities
White Paper What types of cards should we use? How do we acquire these cards? Where do we acquire the applications to put on the cards? How do we go about personalizing and issuing the cards? How will we manage the cards and applications on the cards after the... [03 Jul 2008]
The ROI Case for Smart Cards in the Enterprise: The Benefits of a Converged Logical and Physical Access Solution
White Paper The paper focuses on the ROI benefits of smart cards for both authenticating users to IT networks and systems (logical access) and controlling access to facilities (physical access), with a further assessment of converged solutions that combine... [02 Feb 2006]
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]
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]
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]
Getting Clever With Smart Cards
White Paper More powerful than either magnetic or barcode cards, these smart cards come with built-in computer processors for handling everything from biometric fingerprint data to access rights for specific buildings. [30 Aug 2005]
Smart Cards and Smart Objects Communication Protocols: Looking to the Future
White Paper There is a lot of noise made around communication protocols and smart cards over the last few months. This paper discusses about existing protocols and their adaptation to smart cards, limitations of ISO7816-3 protocol and the way to improve it. [21 Nov 2005]
Federated Identity, Distributed PKI and Smart Cards
White Paper This paper considers authentication systems based on smart cards, where the smart cards will be issued by many organizations, and authentication must work at any location. It then considers smart card based deployments, and looks at requirements... [06 Jan 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... [24 Feb 2004]
G&D's Smart Cards Get Even Smarter Thanks to Improved Project Management
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]
Smart Cards For Payment Systems
White Paper Finally, the Smart Card appeared. From the anti-crime perspective there are a number of benefits in adopting the smart card. The payment card has been in existence for many years. It started in the form of a card embossed with details of the... [24 Feb 2004]
Smart Cards: the Use of “Intelligent Plastic” for Access Control
White Paper A Smart card is similar to a credit card in both size and choice of material. Instead of a magnetic strip on the back of the card a smart card sports a small gold colored computer chip about one centimeter wide. [24 Feb 2004]
Policy Issuance Regarding Smart Cards Systems for Identification and Credentialing of Employees
White Paper This paper provides guidance on the use of smart card based technology in badge, identification, and credentialing systems within the Federal sector, with the objective of helping agencies plan, budget, establish and implement credentialing and... [05 Nov 2004]
TechNet Webcast: Implementing Multifactor Authentication Using Smart Cards (Level 200)
White Paper Deploying a smart card solution is an increasingly popular way to do this. This webcast helps one understand the challenge of securing critical administrator accounts and remote access logon sessions, and how to implement multifactor authentication... [13 Sep 2005]
