Smart Card Security and Applications, Second Edition

This extensively updated, second edition of the popular Artech House book, Smart Card Security and Applications, offers you a current overview of the ways smart cards address the computer security issues of today's distributed applications. Brand new discussions on multi-application operating systems, computer networks, and the Internet are included to keep you abreast of the very latest developments in this field.

...this book provides a solid overview of the benefits and limitations of smart cards for secure applications, and shows how to implement the procedures needed to make smart cards effective in protecting information...

Smart cards are all around us, and their security features can be utilized to protect data in almost any computer system. In clear, comprehensible language, this book provides a solid overview of the benefits and limitations of smart cards for secure applications, and shows how to implement the procedures needed to make smart cards effective in protecting information. The author examines the unique hardware and software elements behind each type of smart card, explains the various cardholder identification methods, and guides readers through the process of choosing the most suitable level of technology and encryption and protecting the smart card through all stages of its lifecycle. The book also provides an inside look at how smart cards are currently being used to provide security in the telecommunications, finance, health care, and travel industries, examines the unique problems posed by multi-application cards, and explores current smart card issues and trends. It includes a working model for use in designing a smart card security system, as well as a full glossary and description of standards.

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This volume begins with the statement by an executive of Virtual Visa that nothing and everything has changed since the 1997 edition. Hendry, an independent consultant in payment systems for electronic commerce, would undoubtedly concur that despite no next- generation innovation yet, the smart card or the computer on a card, has gone mainstream and is no longer mainly a European phenomenon. First, the author covers definitions, systems and procedures, and security issues and requirements. The second part concentrates on card, encryption, and access technology. The final section examines diverse current and future applications. Appended are the major international standards for chip card systems security, and a glossary of terms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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).