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Using chipcards in companies

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Company cards with digital signature offers more security and allow access to many applications. The austrian commerce chamber (WKO) is equipping its staff with signature chipcards of a.trust. Till end of november 2004 were the first 800 cards enrolled.

The employee put in the card into the card reader, entries the PIN and is authenticated in the LAN of the chamber. Now many applications can be controled, access conditions administrated by click and passwords stored securely. At the end of the employment all authorizations can be deleted central. Forgotten authorisations are a thing of the past.

Other services should be activated gradually on the WKO-Company Card, like encrypting e-mails, web applications. It is also a copy card (passed to the right cost centre account) and should be used to restrict access to sensitive locations. Also time recordings and e-purse for cafeteria will be done with this cards.

All readers were delivered by Cryptoshop.com, of course!

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see also article on comuterwelt.at online computer magazine (german)

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