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Identity Applications
- Smart Card Alliance Identity Resources
- Smart Cards and Identity Applications
- Other Identity Resources
Smart Card Alliance Identity Resources
- Best Practices for the Use of RF-Enabled Technology in Identity Management
- EPC Gen 2 RFID Tags vs. Contactless Smart Cards: Frequently Asked Questions
- FIPS 201 and Physical Access Control: An Overview of the Impact of FIPS 201 on Federal Physical Access Control Systems
- Identity Management Systems, Smart Cards and Privacy
- Privacy and Secure Identification Systems: The Role of Smart Cards as a Privacy-Enabling Technology
- The REAL ID Act: Why Real ID Cards Should Be Based on Smart Card Technology
- RF-Enabled Applications and Technology: Comparing and Contrasting RFID and RF-Enabled Smart Cards
- Smart Card Alliance Identity Council
- Smart Card Alliance Response to WHTI Passport Card Federal Register Notice
- Smart Cards and Biometrics in a Privacy-Sensitive Secure Personal Identification System
- Secure Identification Systems: Building a Chain of Trust
- The Top 10 Hot Identity Topics
- Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative PASS Card: Recommendations for Using Secure Contactless Technology vs. RFID
Smart Cards and Identity Applications
Smart card technology is currently recognized as the most appropriate technology for identity applications that must meet critical security requirements, including:
- Authenticating the bearer of an identity credential when used in conjunction with personal identification numbers (PINs) or biometric technologies
- Protecting privacy
- Increasing the security of an identity credential
- Implementing identity management controls
Countries around the world use smart cards for secure identity applications. In addition, public corporations (including Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Chevron, and Boeing) use smart employee ID cards to secure access to physical facilities and computer systems and networks.
Additional information on the use of smart cards for identity applications can be found on the enterprise ID and government application pages and from the Smart Card Alliance Identity Council.
Other Identity Resources
- Federal Identity Management Handbook, published December 2005
- Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors
- Government Smart Card Handbook
- Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH)
- Liberty Alliance
- Smart Card Alliance Identity Council
- Smart Card Alliance Physical Access Council
