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RSS smart cardsSmart 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]
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]
The 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 requirements of the REAL ID Act of... [14 Nov 2009]
BoKS Access Control for Desktops and Microsoft Active Directory: Using BoKS Access Control for Desktops to Secure Your Active Directory Environment
White Paper Admittedly, from a technical point of view and if one ultimately use smart cards only, some of the benefits organizations achieve using BoKS Access Control for Desktops could also be achieved in a... [13 Nov 2009]
Holistic Security in the Supply Chain: The Integration of the Three Security Elements - Physical, Electronic & Information Security
White Paper Physical locks and paper-based reports have been replaced by smart cards and electronic devices that not only allow employees access to different areas, but also may keep track of where they drive, how... [13 Nov 2009]
Smart Cards in U.S. Healthcare: Benefits for Patients, Providers and Payers
White Paper Smart cards can help reduce the inefficiencies prevalent in healthcare, diminish the number and effect of medical errors attributable to a lack of critical medical information, and empower patients to... [12 Nov 2009]
Identity Management Systems, Smart Cards and Privacy
White Paper The requirement - how to identify people unequivocally while also protecting their privacy-shapes every discussion of how to design, build, or implement a new, secure, identity management system. Designing a new identity management... [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]
Using Smart Cards for Secure Physical Access
White Paper Smart cards are increasingly accepted as the credential of choice for securely controlling physical access. Standards-based smart Identification (ID) cards can be used... [12 Nov 2009]
Smart Card Technology: The Right Choice for REAL ID
White Paper Unlike other identification technologies, smart cards can implement a personal firewall for an individual's data, releasing only the information required and only when it is required. The card's unique... [12 Nov 2009]
Authentication Mechanisms for Physical Access Control
White Paper The Protocol for Lightweight Authentication of IDentity (PLAID) is an authentication protocol that uses standards-based symmetric and asymmetric cryptography in a unique way to protect the communications between smart... [12 Nov 2009]
End-to-End Encryption and Chip Cards in the U.S. Payments Industry
White Paper This position paper attempts to clarify and define end-to-end encryption, and detail the problems it solves and those it does not. It also explores the advantages of an alternative strategy for protecting the cardholder data - moving... [12 Nov 2009]
Digital Identities and the Promise of the Technology Trio: PKI, Smart Cards, and Biometrics
White Paper It argues and explains that if three key technologies were implemented together namely biometrics, smart cards, and PKI, then they can deliver a robust and trusted identification and authentication... [02 Oct 2009]
All change please: Your train ticket will never be the same again
News Commuters all across England could soon be using mobile phones, bank cards and Oyster-style smart ticketing on their journey home via public transport. It also says contactless bank... [20 Aug 2009]
