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Security Token and Smart Card Technology


Get tips on how to use security tokens and smart card technology for secure user authentication. This resource defines what a smart card is, and provides information on deployment, smart card writers and readers and software.
IN THIS TOPIC:  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (52) , NEWS (17) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (7) , MAGAZINE CONTENT (10) , DEFINITIONS (10)

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LEARNING GUIDE - Discover authentication options and learn how to implement, maintain and secure methods of authentication, such as biometrics and smartcards to avoid breaches and protect data.

  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 52
SECURITY TOKEN AND SMART CARD TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS
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How to log in to multiple servers with federated single sign-on (SSO)
22 Oct 2009
EXPERT ANSWER - Single sign-on is a rapidly evolving technology that, when partnered with federation tools, can offer a greater and greater level of granularity for access control. Learn how from expert Randall Gamby.
Are 'strong authentication' methods strong enough for compliance?
05 Aug 2009
TIP - If multifactor authentication is so great, why hasn't it replaced the password? Michael Cobb reviews the hype around strong authentication. There are more drawbacks than you think.
Can you combine RFID tag technology with GPS to track stolen goods?
25 Feb 2009
EXPERT ANSWER - When laptops or smartphones are stolen, retrieving them can mean the difference between a data breach a close call. Learn if it's possible to combine RFID tag technology with GPS devices for tracking stolen goods to their ...
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  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 17
First Data, RSA push tokenization for payment processing
SearchSecurity.com | 22 Sep 2009
ARTICLE - The encryption-token service could compete against vendors offering format preserving encryption to secure payment transactions.
RSA researcher Ari Juels: RFID tags may be easily hacked
SearchSecurity.com | 24 Apr 2009
INTERVIEW - SearchSecurity.com caught up with Dr. Ari Juels and asked the well-known cryptographer about RFID security, cloud storage innovations and his new novel.
Portable security storage device could replace OTP devices
SearchSecurity.com | 16 Mar 2009
ARTICLE - A new USB-like device, hardened with security features, could overtake one-time password devices and give end users flash memory to carry around encrypted data.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 7
Quiz: Next-generation authentication
SearchSecurity.com | 16 May 2007
QUIZ - A five-question quiz to test your knowledge of the content presented by expert Mark Diodati in this lesson of SearchSecurity.com's Identity and Access Management Security School.
Future authentication technologies: How to choose the right product
SearchSecurity.com | 16 May 2007
IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT SECURITY SCHOOL - In this Identity and Access Management Security School lesson, Burton Group's Mark Diodati explores innovative and cost-effective user-based authentication technologies.
Spy vs. Spy
Wiley | 20 Sep 2005
BOOK CHAPTER - Excerpt from Chapter 6 of Spies Among Us: How to Stop the Spies, Terrorists, Hackers, and Criminals You Don't Even Know You Encounter Every Day.
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  MAGAZINE CONTENT (free subscription required): 1 - 3 of 10
Best Authentication Products
Information Security Magazine | 03 Sep 2009
Readers vote on the best digital identity verification products, services, and management systems, including PKI, hardware and software tokens, smart cards.
Risk management must include physical-logical security convergence
Information Security Magazine | 04 Jun 2009
FEATURES - If your organization is serious about managing risk and total asset protection, then physical-logical convergence is a necessary step.
Embedded smart card chips are open to hack attacks
Information Security Magazine | 01 Oct 2008
HOT PICK & PRODUCT REVIEWS - Using power analysis attacks, including Simple Power Analysis, hackers can attack the embedded microchips inside smart cards.
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 10
tokenization
31 May 2008
WORD - Tokenization is the process of replacing sensitive data with unique identification symbols that retain all the essential information without compromising its security. Tokenization has become popular as a means of bolstering ...
authentication server
12 Jul 2007
WORD - An authentication server is an application that facilitates authentication of an entity that attempts to access a network. Such an entity may be a human user or another server. An authentication server can reside in a ...
key string
05 Oct 2005
WORD - A key string is the authentication code included in each key in a key chain, which is a series of keys that can be created to help ensure secure communication between routers in a network.
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PKI and Digital Certificates, Two-Factor and Multifactor Authentication Strategies, Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO), Biometric Technology



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