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* Introduction * How smart cards assist in enhancing security * Security vulnerabilities * Conclusion . * Smart Card: Credit card sized plastic card with a chip embedded on it. * Invented by German inventors Jurgen Dethloff and Helmut Grotrup.
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* Introduction * How smart cards assist in enhancing security * Security vulnerabilities * Conclusion
* Smart Card: Credit card sized plastic card with a chip embedded on it. * Invented by German inventors Jurgen Dethloff and Helmut Grotrup. * Tamper resistance. * Deployed in access control in banking, wireless communications etc..
* Contact cards and Contactless cards. * Memory based cards and microprocessor based cards. * T0-T1 cards and T0-T15 protocols.
* Smart Card architecture EEPROM ROM PROCESSOR RAM I/O
* Security: * Access Control * Authentication * Integrity * Trusted Communication. Application FileA Application FileB PIN--A PIN--B ROM(OS) Processor RAM Smart Card Software Architecture
* Security Vulnerabilities: * Differential power analysis * Attacks on tamper resistance * High frequency clock glitch * Trapping high voltages * Software attacks
* Conclusion: * Portable and reliable data storage * Security vulnerabilities * Prevention * Smart Cards, part of a security infrastructure