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RSS smartcards cardManchester on the road to high tech transport
News Manchester is aiming to develop a world class transport system complete with high tech road charging technology and travel smartcards. Manchester is also looking at introducing smart travel cards - similar to London's Oyster card system - which... [10 Jun 2008]
Enhancing WLAN Security by Introducing EAP-TLS Smartcards
White Paper The implementation and performance were performed using smartcards and Java Card technologies. This paper presents the first implementation of EAP-TLS protocol in smartcards. Various researches have proposed multiple protocols within 802.11... [25 Nov 2007]
Mobile rail ticketing 'on track in Midlands by 2012'
News The smartcard scheme will comply with the Itso (Integrated Transport Smartcards Organisation) standard set up to make smartcards universally useable across all public transport companies. Transport For London's Oyster card does not comply with Itso... [02 Aug 2007]
Birmingham Airport launches biometric security
News In related news, more than 90 per cent of UK consumers have voiced their support for biometrics - and said they want banks, credit card companies, health providers and government bodies to adopt biometric technologies to verify personal identities... [06 Feb 2007]
Toward SSL Integration in SIM SmartCards
White Paper This paper proposes to introduce the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol in order to assure an end-to-end security and reliability between the SIM card and the OTA server transparently to the terminal. [28 Nov 2006]
Photos: RFID tickets track football fans
Photo London-based Premiership football club Fulham has started issuing RFID-enabled smartcards to fans, following a successful trial of the technology at a pre-season friendly game against Portuguese club Boavista this summer. [15 Nov 2006]
Football club tags fans with RFID tickets
News Around 20,000 of the RFID-enabled smartcards have been issued to season-ticket holders and club members. McGrory said Fulham will also be trialling the RFID smartcards for e-cash purchases for the shops at the stadium, as well as a possible tie-up... [15 Nov 2006]
Shops 'must tell consumers how to disable RFID tags'
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published a guidance for enterprises setting out how they must deal with individuals' data when it becomes linked to RFID tags - whether they're found attached to goods in a supermarket or on... [27 Sep 2006]
RFID-style ID cards 'won't wear out'
News The survey concluded that contactless RFID-style smartcards with a 10-year life are feasible and durable but that the level of industry experience in this field is more limited as the technologies involved have only been developed relatively... [28 Apr 2006]
Truckers' smartcards off to a slow start
News As a result, from May all new trucks will be fitted with digital tachographs and smartcards will be rolled out to 500,000 drivers. Drivers, the companies they work for, and agencies such as the police and Vosa will all have the smartcards to allow... [30 Mar 2006]
Doctor's smartcard scheme extended
News Doctors' personal and health clearance data are recorded onto the secure smartcards which remove the need for time-consuming transfer procedures. The NHS Occupational Health Smart Card (OHSC) database contains central records for some 47,000 NHS... [23 Sep 2005]
London transport targets Oyster 'e-money' trials in 2005
News Trials of the Oyster card 'e-money' scheme that will allow millions of Londoners to buy everything from newspapers to parking time with their travel smartcards could begin before the end of the year. TfL announced plans earlier this year for the e... [21 Jul 2005]
Police get 'smart' warrant cards
Case Study Hampshire Police has rolled out 6,500 smartcards to officers and staff for access to its offices and IT systems. The force is using the smartcards to tighten up access to IT systems by eliminating weak passwords and account sharing, and will also... [10 Jun 2005]
Computer glitch crashes Tube's Oyster card network
News The smartcards are manufactured by Giesecke & Devrient and SchlumbergerSema using MiFare chips from Philips Semiconductors. Ticket gates had to be left open when Oyster card readers at tube stations across the whole of London Underground and the... [10 Mar 2005]
Known Attacks Against Smartcards
White Paper This paper analyzes, from a technical point of view, currently known attacks against smart card implementations. The purpose of this analysis is to give the necessary background for the assessment of the mechanisms that can enhance the security of... [16 Feb 2005]
