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Smart cards Basics

Smart cards provide us with so much more, in the way of security.They provide an additional physical level of security over and above that offered by the usual password protected mechanisms....

• Smart cards greatly improve the convenience and security of any transaction.

• They provide tamper-proof storage of user and account identity.

• Smart cards play a greate role in providing vital components of system security for the exchange of data throughout virtually any type of network.

• They protect against a full range of security threats, from careless storage of user passwords to sophisticated system hacks.

• Multifunction cards can also serve as network system access and store value and other data.