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Smart Cards, merging
security and data portability, offer endless possible uses. Here are just few
examples to Smart Card applications. Smart Cards provide the best solution in terms of security and ease of use to financial institutions willing to process online transactions. Whether you are an online broker, a bank or any other financial institute willing to give your clients the highest level of security while accessing your network – Smart Cards are the best answer. TVG’s readers and O/S ensure all the information
to be encrypted and, even more important, the authentication process takes
place in the reader itself and not over the Internet. This makes the
authentication process resistant to hacking. Smart Cards present the only
method combining both encryption and a physical barrier (the reader and
card), thus providing the ultimate security level. It is no accident that
leading credit cards companies such as American Express, Visa and MasterCard
had chosen Smart Card technology as the E-Commerce and E-Banking core
platform, with millions of units expected to be shipped in the next few
years. Smart Card technology is currently the safest way
to conduct business over the Internet. Because the authentication process is
confined to the keyboard and reader the entire process is inured to fraud or
interception. Only Smart Cards can firmly establish the identity of the
person at the other end of the wire and can provide an undeniable proof that
a transaction truly occurred. So, whenever money is involved – Smart Cards
offer the edge in security. Many companies face a problem these days:
on one hand they want their employees to have remote access to the Intranet
and to other corporate resources, but on the other hand the possibility of a
hacker (causing havoc on their data assets) or a competitor entering the
company’s database (and gaining access to their sensitive files) is a
nightmare. Well, there is no need to make a compromise: Smart Card brings a
physical barrier in addition to the logical one (username and password). This
way you can let your employees (and your clients) have a remote access to the
corporate database while still achieving high level of security. You can even
define different levels of data access, allowing for partial or full access
to the company’s most sensitive files. Compatible with all Microsoft’s
standards regarding Smart Cards, our solutions offer remote networking access
as well as local one. TVG’s products can be integrated with VPN products as
well, adding the defense of a Smart Card to the protection already offered by
the VPN. The Smart Card technology offered by TVG makes it possible to access
the VPN using high security key, without the problems associated with passwords. Using Smart Card technology, Internet Service
Providers can offer a convenient login method. The use of a Smart Card as the
login “key” makes it possible to offer secured, encrypted e-mail service as
well. Smart Card can also provide an easy way to manage different service
levels to different subscribers as well as to manage the billing system.
Smart Card technology makes it possible to charge the client per use, per
time, etc. Smart Cards represent the optimal solution to Pay
Per View services. They offer not only the ability to determine the exact
services a subscriber is entitled to, but at the same time can serve as a way
to restrict the access to certain channels not suitable for everyone (i.e.
adult channels). This way a cable carrier can simply provide 2 Smart Cards
(or more) that can be programmed each with a different access level. Smart
Cards provide cost saving way to manage the billing system and to assure
payments. Smart Cards can be a very useful substitute to
software plug protection. Unlike the plugs, which usually should be plugged
to the printer port, TVG’s reader is plugged to the keyboard port or to the
USB port. As a result the very common interfering with the printer is totally
eliminated. TVG’s readers connect seamlessly with the keyboard or USB port
and they cause no interfering whatsoever. By using Smart Card, software
makers can charge for new software and upgrades by supplying new Smart Card
as the key for the software. More than ever before, many parents are
being worried about what their children get exposed to while surfing the
Internet. While the Internet is today’s key to a wealth of knowledge and
entertainment it can also posses a danger because of the easy access to adult
content. Young children like to try things, and sometimes they can find
themselves watching inappropriate sites. While there are many softwares which
are intended to restrict such access, children are smart and in many cases
find the weak points in such softwares. Only a way that combines both a
password and a card can be a true safeguard. This way the children must
overcome a physical barrier and not only a logical one. Attentive ISPs
already understand the importance of providing parents with peace of mind
while their children surf the Internet. Did you know: the US president, Bill
Clinton, signed the “Digital Signature Act of 1999” using a Smart Card! Smart Cards offer the most reliable way to
ensure one’s identity. They present a much better solution than a Digital
Certificate by itself. In a Smart Card the private key is not kept on the
hard disk, but remains encrypted inside the Smart Card, thus making it
inaccessible by hackers. Recognized by many governments (including the US
government) as a legal way to sign documents, Smart Cards are coming to be
the digital standard for E-Signature. Allowing for online documents and
agreements signing, Smart Cards technology makes the Internet a place where
business can be carried out safely and securely. Contracts and agreements can
be signed regardless where the 2 parties are located. · Data Storage Smart Cards can be used to store just any type of
data. Whether medical data, ID card, drivers data and many other types as
well. TVG is able to supply Smart Cards and readers to any kind of
application, with or without the need of secured access. Smart Card technology has many useful
applications that can serve the needs of governments and citizens alike.
Providing easy updating combined with high security and privacy, Smart Card
can serve as voter card, passport, driver license, etc. The US government
already has plans to widely introduce Smart Card technology for
identification and authentication purposes as well as for access to health
and medical records, E-Signatures, equipment authorization and licensing.
Smart Card technology can save governments hundreds of millions of dollars,
allowing for easy and safe communication between the state and the citizens. All credit cards companies are working on
ways to make the most of Smart Card technology and embed that technology as a
part of their infrastructure. Besides providing a higher level of security
than current magnetic stripe cards, Smart Cards provide a secure way to
transfer money between cardholders over the Internet, using PCs, PDAs or
Cellular Phones. Using Smart Cards can benefit the banks in many ways,
especially by providing better security measures for online transactions and
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