Implementing Smart Cards into the Air Force Reserve

Abstract

Smart card technology is essentially about a credit card with a brain. Smart cards have an embedded microchip that allows the card to hold digital data up to the available memory installed on the card. Smart cards first became popular in the financial industry in Europe, however, they have quickly gained favor in the United States. The Department of Defense (DoD) also saw the utility in using smart card technology. The DoD began tests with smart cards that sought to take advantage of the many capabilities present in this technology. Not merely content to use the card as just an identification (ID) card, the military wanted to exploit the smart card's ability to store large amounts of encrypted data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA406328

Entities

People

  • Keith D. Mcclannan

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Application Software
  • Commerce
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Identification
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Military Personnel
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Government

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  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design