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RSS smart cardThe REAL ID Act: Why Real ID Cards Should Be Based on Smart Card Technology
White Paper The Smart Card Alliance strongly recommends that smart card technology be adopted as the underlying infrastructure for state driver's licenses issued to comply with the... [14 Nov 2009]
Contactless Smart Chip Technology: The Business Benefits
White Paper Contactless smart chip technology, a form of proven smart card technology, is used increasingly in applications that must protect personal information or deliver fast, secure... [14 Nov 2009]
Logical Access Security: The Role of Smart Cards in Strong Authentication
White Paper Organizations of all sizes and in all industries are anxious to improve the process used to identify users to their networked systems. With the growing use of wired and wireless networks to access information resources and the increasing... [14 Nov 2009]
Privacy and Secure Identification Systems: The Role of Smart Cards as a Privacy-Enabling Technology
White Paper Protecting privacy means protecting individuals' rights to control how personal information is collected and promulgated Protecting privacy also includes protecting against identity theft or the use of an individual's personal... [14 Nov 2009]
Smart Cards and Biometrics in a Privacy-Sensitive Secure Personal Identification System
White Paper Both government and commercial organizations are implementing secure personal Identification (ID) systems to improve confidence in verifying the identity of individuals seeking access to physical or virtual locations. [14 Nov 2009]
Security of Proximity Mobile Payments
White Paper This white paper provides an overview of the proximity mobile payments ecosystem. It describes both the end-to-end security requirements and an implementation model for using proximity mobile payments in North America. [13 Nov 2009]
Smart Card Technology: The Right Choice for REAL ID
White Paper The card's unique ability to verify the authority of the reader and the card's strong security at both the card and data level make the smart card an... [12 Nov 2009]
A Healthcare CFO's Guide to Smart Card Technology and Applications
White Paper This white paper outlines some of the major challenges faced by healthcare CFOs and discusses how smart card technology can provide innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions. Healthcare is... [12 Nov 2009]
Best Practices for the Use of RF-Enabled Technology in Identity Management
White Paper With the current debate and concern about technology implementation for identity management, the Smart Card Alliance advocates these best practice guidelines for use of Radio Frequency (RF)-enabled... [12 Nov 2009]
Recommendation on the Credential Numbering Scheme for the FIPS 201 PIV Card Global Unique Identifier
White Paper This paper presents a proposal by the Smart Card Alliance Physical Access Council (PAC) on the population of the GUID field found within the Cardholder Unique ID (CHUID) of a PIV card.... [12 Nov 2009]
Smart Cards in U.S. Healthcare: Benefits for Patients, Providers and Payers
White Paper This paper identifies smart card technology as a critical enabling tool to help resolve some of the issues with which the healthcare community is grappling today. Smart cards can help... [12 Nov 2009]
Authentication Mechanisms for Physical Access Control
White Paper Extremely fast and highly secure strong authentication of the smart card and data objects is possible without exposing card or cardholder identifying information or any other repeating... [12 Nov 2009]
Using Smart Cards for Secure Physical Access
White Paper Through the appropriate use of contact or contact less smart card technology in the overall physical access system design, security professionals can implement the strongest possible security policies... [12 Nov 2009]
Bridging Physical and Logical Security Using Tumbleweed Valicert Validation Authority: OCSP Identity Validation in Physical Access Control
White Paper This white paper is intended for organizations that are trying to utilize a single smart card based system for both IT and physical access control. It discusses the basic architecture of... [12 Nov 2009]
RF-Enabled Applications and Technology: Comparing and Contrasting RFID and RF-Enabled Smart Cards
White Paper Many applications are now using Radio Frequency (RF) technology to automatically identify objects or verify the identity of people. These RF-enabled applications range from tracking animals and tagging goods for inventory control to... [12 Nov 2009]
