You need a Business
Partner that will guide you through the technology process, not just supply
product. Only Automated Card Systems delivers a complete package.
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As your enterprise faces new security
and technological challenges, smartcard technologies can provide
you with:
- Provides facility-wide security
- Protection for your networks and intellectual property
- Reduction in your identity program costs
- Portable and user-friendly technology
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Smart card technology is the fastest
growing, preferred platform for all plastic card applications. A smart
chip microprocessor is imbedded in a plastic card the size of a standard
credit card. The card connects to a reader with direct physical contact.
Smart cards have the unique ability to store large amounts of data,
carry out their own on-card functions (e.g. encryption and digital
signatures) and interact intelligently with a smart card reader It
is the single card solution that allows the integration of all your
card and identification applications, such as: |
- Cash value cards
- Credentials and personal identity information
- Digital signature keys
- Digital certificates
- Dynamic & static passwords
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Wireless Chip Technology
Proximity cards,
or simply "prox
cards," communicate through an antenna similar to contactless smart
cards except that they are read-only devices that generally have a greater
range of operation. An RFID tag is a microchip embedded in a plastic card
that is attached to an antenna, which transmits unique information to a
reader device that can be anywhere from a few inches to several feet away.
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MIFARE
Technology: In addition to the features and functions found
in contact smart cards, contactless smart cards contain an embedded
antenna instead of contact pads attached to the chip for reading
and writing information contained in the chip's memory. Contactless
cards do not have to be inserted into a card reader. Instead, they
need only be passed within range of a radio frequency acceptor to
read and store information in the chip. |
| Contactless smart cards are used in many of the
same applications as contact smart cards, especially where the added
convenience and speed of not having to insert the card into a reader
is desirable. There is a growing acceptance of this type of card for
both physical and logical access control applications. Student identification,
electronic passport, vending, parking and tolls are common applications
for contactless cards. Photo ID card solutions
may be incorporated with MIFARE smart card technology to
enhance your access and identification card system. |
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Multi-Application Chips
Multi-application cards are based on an operating system on the chip that
allows application management on a card. The SCB solution products supports
the multiple application technology in their SCB Access™ product. It is an independent turnkey solution with PC secure logon (and) single sign-on capabilities. It
is possible to add, remove or update applications. An application is a set
of functions that can be activated from the smart card reader/interface. MULTOS is
a multi-application operating system for smart cards for highest security
needs. MULTOS
is certified to the highest ITSEC level E6, making it one of the most secure
systems in the world.
We have everything from chip operating systems,
personalization preparation, personalization managers, and smart card management
systems that take advantage of the versatility and productivity of smart cards. For
more information on our smartcard applications and products, please call
or contact Automated Card Systems Sales and Service.
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