FIPS 201 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card being issued by all Federal agencies for employees and contractors Example applications using contactless smart card technology include: Contactless smart card technology is used in applications that need to protect personal information and/or deliver fast, secure transactions, such as transit fare payment cards, government and corporate identification cards, documents such as electronic passports and visas, and financial payment cards. ISO/IEC 7816 Parts 4 and above are used by both contact and contactless smart card applications for security operations and commands for interchange.Ī contactless smart card includes an embedded smart card secure microcontroller or equivalent intelligence, internal memory and a small antenna and communicates with a reader through a contactless radio frequency (RF) interface. ISO/IEC 7816 is the international standard for contact smart cards. This standard operates at 13.56 MHz and includes specifications for the physical characteristics, radio frequency power and signal interface, initialization and anticollision protocols and transmission protocol. ISO/IEC 14443 is the international standard for contactless smart chips and cards that operate (i.e., can be read from or written to) at a distance of less than 10 centimeters (4 inches). What are the ISO/IEC 14443 and ISO/IEC 7816 standards? Smart card technology conforms to international standards (ISO/IEC 7816 and ISO/IEC 14443) and is available in a variety of form factors, including plastic cards, key fobs, watches, subscriber identification modules used in GSM mobile phones, and USB-based tokens.įor the purposes of this FAQ, “card” is used as the generic term to describe any device in which smart card technology is used. With an embedded microcontroller, smart cards have the unique ability to store large amounts of data, carry out their own on-card functions (e.g., encryption and mutual authentication) and interact intelligently with a smart card reader. The card connects to a reader with direct physical contact or with a remote contactless radio frequency interface.
This information has been publicly communicated November 13 at 08:00 CET. The information contained herein may be subject to the disclosure requirements of ASSA ABLOY AB under the Swedish Securities Exchange and Clearing Operations Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. All other trademarks, service marks, and product or service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. ® HID and Crescendo are trademarks or registered trademarks of HID Global in the U.S. To learn more about Crescendo, please visit For more information, please contact:Įlisabet Jonsson, Corporate Communications tel no: +46 8 506 485 54 With Crescendo, we have found a way to economically provide a logical access solution that takes advantage of the security-enhanced features provided by Microsoft’s operating systems,” said Johan Molin, President and CEO of the ASSA ABLOY Group. ”I am extremely proud that HID Global, world leader in access control and secure issuance, has met the stringent requirements of Microsoft’s certification program.
“By incorporating the Windows Smart Card minidriver into our standard offering, customers can now trust HID to provide reliable and secure access in both the logical and physical worlds,” said Denis Hébert, Head of HID Global and Executive Vice President, ASSA ABLOY.
It is also certified for use with Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Server 2003.Īny organization can now conveniently and cost-effectively deploy one single credential for both logical and physical access control applications. Crescendo cards also work with all physical access control systems.Ĭrescendo C200 has been tested for baseline compatibility with PCs running the Windows Vista operating system and earned the “Works with Windows Vista” logo. Power LogOn® Enterprise Identity Management SoftwareĪSSA ABLOY, and its business unit HID Global, today announced that its Crescendo™ smart cards offer a Windows Smart Card Framework Minidriver.
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