Smart cards
- 1. Presented By: - Jaswinder Kaur
- 2. Contents Smart Cards Benefits of Smart Cards What’s in a Smart Card? History of Smart Cards Types of Smart Cards Applications of Smart Cards Uses of Smart Cards Advantages and Disadvantages of Smart Cards
- 3. Smart Cards A small electronic device about size of a credit card that contains electronic memory and possibly an embedded Integrated Circuit (IC).
- 4. Benefits of Smart Cards Identification Authentication Data Storage
- 5. What’s in a Smart Card? Typical Configuration: - 256 byte to 4kb RAM 8kb to 32 kb ROM 1kb to 32kb EEPROM Crypto-coprocessors (implementing 3DES,RSA etc; in Hardware) are optional 8-bit to 16-bit CPU. 8051 based designs are common.
- 6. History of Smart Cards Invented by Helmut Grottrup Jurgen Dethloff In 1968 Helmut Grottrup Jurgen Dethloff
- 7. Types of Smart Cards Embossed Cards Magnetic Stripe Cards Memory Cards Optical Memory Cards Microprocessors Cards Cryptographic Coprocessor Cards Contactless Smart Cards Contact Cards
- 8. Applications of Smart Cards Payphones Mobile Communications Banking & Retail Electronic Purse Health Care ID Verification & Access Control
- 9. How Smart Cards are used? 1 . Commercial Applications Banking/Payment Identification Ticketing Parking and toll collection Universities Smart Cards
- 10. Uses cont’d 2. Mobile Telecommunications SIM Cards used on cell phones Over 300,000,000 GSM Phones with Smart Cards Mobile security, Billing Information etc
- 11. Uses cont’d 3. Information Technology Secure logon and authentification of users to PCs & Networks Encryption of Sensitive Data
- 12. Advantages & Disadvantages of Smart Cards Advantages: - Flexibility Cost & Availability Security Data Integrity Safety Easy to Use Disadvantages: - Fees applied with the use of a card It gives liability issues if stolen or lost The accuracy of information is small Lack of technology to support users It is potential for too much data on one card if lost or stolen
- 13. Conclusion