The U.S. government has been stepping up its use of smart cards to help lock down its computer networks, but hackers have found ways around them. Over the past 18 months, security consultancy ...

Hackers are using a 'smart card proxy' attack to get around smart cards The U.S. government has been stepping up its use of smart cards to help lock down its computer networks, but hackers have ...

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > BitLocker Drive Encryption > Removable Data Drives Here you can find a setting called Configure use of smart cards on ...

Not having a smart card reader at home and lacking any obvious guidance from his co-workers on how to get one, Mark opted to purchase a $15 reader from Amazon that said it was made to handle U.S ...

July 9, 2003 – There has been a drastic rise in breaches of corporate computer networks this year. In the first quarter alone, there were 42,586 security incidents, compared with 80,094 for all of ...

The level of implementation differs widely among federal agencies. Some already use smart cards for building access, but many haven't yet extended that capability to computer-network access.

The smart cards hold a computer chip that, when slid through a reader, will download coupon information from the Internet onto the card, which customers can use to save on purchases at Target stores.

Using smart cards vs. passwords for identification Opinion Feb 20, 2008 2 mins Access Control Networking Security ...