Smart Card Talk

October 2004 • Volume 9 Number 10

OSCA Awards

The Smart Card Alliance presented its OSCA awards on October 19th for outstanding individual and organization achievement in the smart card industry for North America.

The recipient of the Outstanding Individual OSCA award was Dan Cunningham , the co-founder and CEO of Raak Technologies. For more than 20 years, Cunningham has shown leadership, vision, support and commitment to the smart card industry in North America. Dan formerly held the position of president and CEO of Gemplus Card International Corp. and was a founding member and director of the Smart Card Alliance, Smart Card Industry Association (SCIA), the WLAN Smart Card Consortium and the Austin Wireless Alliance Steering Committee. Dan's work in these multi-industry bodies and companies helped shape the industry during its formative years and that work continues today.

The Outstanding End User Organization award was presented to the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) for creating and implementing the Department of Defense (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC) program. They have issued 5.5 million smart cards since the program's inception and currently there are over 3 million CACs in circulation. The DMDC team boosted the smart card industry through extensive efforts to communicate with other departments and agencies of the federal government, sharing ideas, lessons learned and solutions. These efforts played an important role in creating a consensus approach that spread to other government smart card ID programs, culminating in an effort to create a common ID card throughout the federal government that became official government policy recently with President Bush's signing of the recent Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12.

The Outstanding Supplier Organization award went to Axalto, which has proven its leadership in the smart card industry both through market success and extensive support of the industry. Axalto is a major supplier to the DMDC as well as other federal government and commercial card programs in North America. Axalto executives are at the forefront of smart card advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C., leading or contributing to numerous published reports and actively participating in and sponsoring industry conferences that deal with secure identification technology and applications. Axalto was recently selected as one of the vendors to supply its technology to the Department of State e-passport trials.

The awards judges consisted of North American industry leaders along with individuals from the analyst and media communities: Phil Becker, Digital ID World ; Ernest Berger, Gemplus; Brad Grimes, Washington Technology ; John Gould, TowerGroup; Steve Hunt, Forrester; Bryan Ichikawa, Unisys; Klaus Peter Kungl, IBM; Eric Lundquist, eWeek ; Zachary Martin, ID Newswire ; and Karthik Nagarajan, Frost & Sullivan.

2005 Smart Card Alliance Board

Executive Committee

Chair: Kevin Gillick, Head of Corporate Marketing, Datacard Group
Vice Chair: Linda Brown, Manager, Business Development, Infineon Technologies
Treasurer: Robert Wilberger, Identity Management Solutions, Northrop Grumman, who was re-elected to the board this year
Secretary: Mark McGovern, Chief Technologist, Information Assurance, Lockheed Martin Information Systems, a newly elected board member
Assistant Treasurer: Alison Colquhoun, Corporate Vice President, New Business Development, First Data Corporation, who was re-elected to the board this year
Assistant Secretary: Alex Giakoumis, Director of Corporate Business Development, Smart Card and Secure Microcontroller ICs, Atmel Corporation
Technology Vice Chair: Gilles Lisimaque, Senior Vice President and Co-founder, Gemplus

Newly Elected or Re-elected Board Members

Patrick Gauthier, Senior Vice President, New Business Development, Visa USA
Julie Krueger, Vice President Emerging Technology, JCB International Credit Card Co.
Ken Moy, Vice President, Ecommerce, MasterCard International
Chuck Wilson, Senior Director, Hitachi Smart Solutions Division
Ralph Billeri, Senior Manager, BearingPoint, Inc. - representing general membership

Returning Board Members

Paul Beverly, President, Axalto Americas
Bryan Ichikawa, Solutions Architect, Unisys
Robert Merkert, Sr., Director Strategic Accounts, PC Security Division, SCM Microsystems, Inc.
Michael Weekes, Principal, IBM Global Smart Card Solutions

Other Observing Board Members

Transit Industry, Gregory Garback, WMATA
Government, John Moore, GSA

Council Report

The Smart Card Alliance is forming Technology and Market Councils as a way to accelerate the adoption of smart cards and attract new members. By providing increased focus to Alliance activities, these member-driven initiatives are intended to increase the organization’s ability to effect change in the market.

The Smart Card Alliance is now soliciting member interest to form initial councils . Any member or group of members can propose the formation of one or more councils focused on specific areas of interest. We have already had initial interest in forming a Physical Access Council, a Transit Council and an Identity and Credentialing Council. Other potential councils include: RFID, IT security, biometrics, health card, payment and entertainment.

Click here to download a description of the council structure, proposal process and feedback form to indicate your interest in participating in a new council. If you would like additional information on the Council structure and proposal process, contact Cathy Medich.

Task Force Report

Secure Personal ID Task Force
• The Secure Personal ID Task Force has completed its new report, "Logical Access Security: The Role of Smart Cards in Strong Authentication." The new report provides an excellent tutorial on the need for strong authentication and the benefits that smart card technology delivers to improve logical access security. The report includes discussion of:

The drivers for stronger authentication.
Different authentication technologies used today - passwords, PKI, biometrics, soft tokens and smart cards.
The key considerations that should be taken into account when implementing stronger authentication for logical access.
The benefits that smart card technology provides for secure logical access.
The support that Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems provide for smart cards.
The business case for using smart cards for logical access.

Lead Task Force contributors included representatives from Axalto, CardLogix, Datakey, Gemplus, Honeywell Access Systems (OmniTek), IBM, Identix, Litronic/SAFLink, Lockheed Martin, MartSoft Corporation, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, SCM Microsystems, Smart Commerce, Inc., Sun Microsystems, VeriSign, and XTec, Incorporated. The report is available on the members-only web site and from the Alliance online store for non-members.

• We had an in-person Task Force meeting at the Alliance Annual Conference on Tuesday, October 19, to discuss possible next projects. A list of possible projects has been distributed to the Task Force. If you'd like to suggest a new project, please send it to Cathy Medich by October 29.

• If you are interested in participating in the Task Force, please email Cathy Medich , Task Force Chair.

Terminal and eTransaction Infrastructure Task Force
The Terminal and eTransaction Infrastructure Task Force is currently working on its next project - a report on consumer payment with mobile devices. This report will discuss the trends in consumer payment using mobile devices (e.g., mobile phones, PDAs), provide a tutorial on the different technologies and approaches being used, and discuss the role of smart cards in enabling secure payment.

If you are interested in participating in the Task Force, please email Cathy Medich , Task Force Chair.

Alliance in the News

The Alliance has an active communications program to promote industry messages in business, vertical market, and technology publications. Coverage results from both Alliance press releases and interviews with publications writing articles about smart cards. Selected recent coverage is shown below with links to online articles.

Alameda Times-Star , 9/12/2004, business calendar listing for Smart Card Alliance Annual Conference
Automated Buildings , 10/15/2004, "Smart Cards: Provide Strong Authentication and Enhanced User Convenience for Logical Access Security"
Business 2.0 , 9/1/2004, "Target's Not-So-Smart Cards" [link to article]
Card Technology , 10/1/2004, "Smart Card Alliance Annual Fall Conference"
Card Technology , 10/19/2004, "Security Expert Calls For Stronger Online Banking Authentication" [link to article]
Card Technology , 10/19/2004, "Transportation Worker ID Goes Forward Despite Funding Cut" [link to article]
Card Technology , 10/19/2004, "Smart Card Alliance Plans Campaign Around Privacy And Security" [link to article]
Card Technology , 10/19/2004, "Registered Travelers Succeed In Extending Test" [link to article]
CBS Market Watch , 10/12/2004, "Smart Cards Provide Strong Authentication and Enhanced User Convenience for Logical Access Security, According to New Smart Card Alliance Report'" [link to article]
CNET , 10/18/2004, "Clarke: Using technology to secure IDs is vital" [link to article]
Computer User , 10/2/2004, "Smart-card group plans conference" [link to article]
Contactless News , 9/3/2004, "Paypass & ExpressPay updates part of recent contactless payments teleconference " [link to article]
CR80 News , 9/2/2004, "Paypass & ExpressPay updates part of recent contactless payments teleconference" [link to article]
CTWeekly , 9/3/2004, "Smart Card Alliance 2004 Fall Annual Conference"
The Daily Review , 9/12/2004, business calendar listing for Smart Card Alliance Annual Conference
EE Design.com , 10/12/2004, "Smart Cards Provide Strong Authentication and Enhanced User Convenience for Logical Access Security, According to New Smart Card Alliance Report" [link to article]
EETimes , 10/12/2004, "Smart Cards Provide Strong Authentication and Enhanced User Convenience for Logical Access Security, According to New Smart Card Alliance Report" [link to article]
Federal Computer Week , 10/11/2004, "Solving the Password Challenge" [link to article]
Financial Express , 9/17/2004, " Does Online Banking Put Your Money at Risk?"
Financial Times , 10/14/2004, "All your passwords on a single smart card: The drive for secure identity solutions is changing how biometric and personal information is stored." [Subscription required.]
findBiometrics.com , 9/8/2004, "Smart Card Alliance Fall Annual Conference Program Spotlights Innovation" [link to article]
findBiometrics.com , 10/12/2004, " Smart Cards Provide Strong Authentication and Enhanced User Convenience for Logical Access Security, According to New Smart Card Alliance Report" [link to article]
Government VAR , 9/27/2004, "The Model City of the Future -- Advanced telecommunications technologies hold the key" [link to article]
Greensheet , 9/27/2004, "Smart Card Alliance 2004 Fall Conference" [link to article]
IT Security , 9/9/2004, "Smart Card Alliance Fall Annual Conference Program Spotlights Innovation" [link to article]
IT Security , 10/12/2004, " Smart Cards Provide Strong Authentication and Enhanced User Convenience for Logical Access Security, According to New Smart Card Alliance Report" [link to article]
Lycos , 10/12/2004, "Smart Cards Provide Strong Authentication and Enhanced User Convenience for Logical Access Security, According to New Smart Card Alliance Report" [link to article]
Oakland Tribune , 9/12/2004, "The Smart Card Alliance will hold its fall conference program, Evolution through Innovation..."
PC Advisor , 9/14/2004, "Does online banking put your money at risk?" [link to article]
PC World , 9/13/2004, "Does Online Banking Put Your Money at Risk?" [link to article]
RFID Journal , 10/15/2004, "Association Reports on Smart Cards for Access" [link to article]
RFID Journal , 10/22/2004, "Spotlight on Security, Privacy Issues" [link to article]
San Mateo County Times , 9/18/2004, business calendar listing for Smart Card Alliance Annual Conference
SecureID News , 9/2/2004, "Paypass & ExpressPay updates part of recent contactless payments teleconference" [link to article]
Security Products , 9/8/2004, "Smart Card Alliance 2004 Fall Annual Conference, San Francisco"
Silicon.com , 10/19/2004, "Call for "smart" US ID cards" [link to article]
Yahoo Finance , 9/8/2004, "Smart Card Alliance Fall Annual Conference Program Spotlights Innovation" [link to article]
Yahoo Finance , 10/12/2004, " Smart Cards Provide Strong Authentication and Enhanced User Convenience for Logical Access Security, According to New Smart Card Alliance Report" [link to article]

Web Site News

NEW additions to the Smart Card Alliance web site

The new report, "Logical Access Security: The Role of Smart Cards in Strong Authentication," is now available from the members-only web site (for members) and from the Alliance online storefront.

September 2004 web statistics

• 43,103 visitor sessions for the month
• 1,436 visitor sessions per day
• 89,137 total page views for the month
• 25,998 Industry News items viewed
• 3,009 Card Reader Catalog items displayed

If you have any suggestions on content that you'd like to see on the Alliance web site, please send them to info@smartcardalliance.org .

New Members

Sony Electronics – Park Ridge, NJ
Membership level: General member
Contact: Jeffrey Dorn, Senior Vice President
Description: Contactless payments and loyalty solutions

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Harrisburg, PA
Membership Level: Government member
Contact: Jem Pagan, Enterprise Architect
Description: Government agency, office of the CIO

Bureau of Public Debt – Washington, DC
Membership Level: Government member
Contact: Edward Grosenth
Description: Government agency

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Trimet) www.trimet.org
Membership Level: Government member
Contact: Tomas Oliva, Manager, Fare Equipment Systems
Description: Regional mass transit agency

Bioscript – Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA www.bioscript.com
Membership Level: General member
Contact: Rene McIver, Director of Technologies
Description: fingerprint biometrics readers and applications

Sharp Microelectronics – Camas, WA www.sharpsma.com
Membership Level - General member
Contact: Gerald Smith, Chief Technologist
Description: Smart card microelectronic processors and security applications

Healthmeans, Inc. – Dallas, TX www.healthmeans.com
Membership Level: General member
Contact: Vicki Judd, Director of Marketing
Description: Healthcare solutions using smart card technology

RAAK Technologies – Austin, TX www.raaktechnologies.com
Membership Level: Associate
Contact: Dan Cunningham, President & CEO
Description: Products and services for strong authentication

GE Infrastructure Security – Boca Raton, FL www.geindustrial.com
Membership Level: General member
Contact: Sharon Runk, Senior Program Manager
Description: Integrated security systems solutions

Smart System Technologies – New York, NY www.smartsystemtech.com
Membership Level: Leadership Council
Contact: John Evans, President and CEO
Description: Contactless payments solutions for sports arenas and related markets

Catalyst Business Partners – San Jose, CA www.catalyst-us.com
Membership Level: General member
Contact: Tasha Taylor, Executive Assistant
Description: Global systems integrator of smart card solutions

Legic Identisystems – Naperville, IL www.legic.com
Membership Level: Leadership Council
Contact: Robert Fee, General Manager, NA
Description: Secure contactless access control systems

Navigate Limited – Auckland, New Zealand
Membership Level: Associate
Contact: Noel Rugg, CEO
Description: Consultant

Jason Magness – Rescue Cash – Danville, CA
Membership Level: Associate
Contact: Jason Magness, Founder
Description: Money transfers and employee payroll cards