Smart Card Security And Applications

by Mike Hendry, Jon Prideaux (Foreword by)

Overview

Smart cards have recently emerged as a key computer network and Internet security technology. These plastic cards contain an embedded microprocessor, allowing them to be programmed to perform specific duties. This extensively updated, second edition of the popular Artech House book, Smart Card Security and Applications, offers a current overview of the ways smart cards address the computer security issues of today's varied applications. Brand new discussions on multi-application operating systems, computer networks, and the Internet are included to keep technical and business professionals abreast of the very latest developments in this field. The book provides technical details on the newest protection mechanisms, features a discussion on the effects of recent attacks, and presents a clear methodology for solving unique security problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890069530
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/01/1997
Series:	Artech House Telecommunications Library
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Mike Hendry is a freelance consultant in electronic payment systems and data communications. He holds an M.B.A. from the International Management Institute, Geneva, and an M.A. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of Practical Computer Network Security (Artech House, 1995, 0-89006-801-1) and Implementing EDI (Artech House, 1993, 0-89006-664-7).

Table of Contents

Contents:

Foreward

Part 1: Background Introduction. Problem Definition. Specifying the Requirements.

Part 2: Technology – Card Technology. Encryption. Passwords and Biometrics. Chip Card Types and Characteristics. Chip Card Security Features. Multiapplication Operating Systems. System Components. Processes and Procedures.

Part 3: Applications – Telephony and Broadcasting Applications. Computer Networks and E-commerce. Financial. Applications. Health. Transport. Personal Identification. Commercial Structures for Multiapplication Cards. Designing for Security. Looking Forward.

Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

Editorial Reviews

Smart cards (aka: chip or integrated circuit cards) can only be as intelligent as their designers and consumers make and use them; issuers and card holders still bear responsibilities. These plastic cards, the latest advance in payment card technology, have diffused worldwide in the form of prepaid and reloadable payment, telephone, travel, and most recently, health care, cards. The author takes readers inside the micro-circuitry of system components and on a high- tech tour of security standards, measures (user identification via passwords and biometrics), his security model (including a risk analysis checklist), and trends (identification through DNA?). A glossary deciphers the jargon. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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