Smart Cards and PC Cards

Abstract

This document introduces both smart cards and PC cards and covers some of their relevant applications to information security. This includes their use in access control, as portable secure storage for cryptographic keys and for computing cryptographic functions. The aim of this document is to highlight the differences between the two card formats (smart card and PC card) and to indicate their respective advantages and disadvantages. The intention is to assist organisations, implementing solutions utilising either format, to select the best option.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363954

Entities

People

  • Marie Henderson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Asymetric Encryption
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Commerce
  • Computers
  • Cryptography
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Very Large Scale Integration

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Systems Analysis and Design