Smart Card & Token

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Smart Cards and Krypto Smart Cards are available in different form factors. Most usual are the ISO - Formats ID-000 (SIM-card format) and ID-1 (cheque card format). Smart cards may also be an USB-stick, where chip and reader are merged into one transportable device.

Smart Cards have an own operating system and certain cryptographic functions. They are the kind of means when security applications have to be set up.

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Memory chip cards are much simpler. They have a fixed logical structure, therfore there are much simpler to integrate and there is a faster success for developers, when working with cards the first time. But you have to consider, that they use special protocols (synchronous) and they have only low security mechanisms.

Contactless chip cards differ in their power- and data interface from contact cards, which is contactless of course. In former times contactless cards were only memory chip cards, but nowadays you can also find processor chip cards as Dual-Interface chip cards.

Certain software, like time recording solutions, are needing certain cards, which can be only used with and by this software.

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Processor chip cards Prozessor chip cards or smart cards have an own card operating system and are usable for security applications. Smart cards are much more than a simple "encrypted memory".

Memory chip cards Memory chip cards have a fixed logical structure. They have only low security mechanisms and no cryptographic capabilities, so they are not suitable for higher

Token Processor smart cards are available as USB-Token, where smart card and reader are merged into one single device.

Contactless chip cards You can find dontactless chip cards in this section. In former times contactless cards were only memory chip cards, but nowadays you can also find processor chip cards as Dual-Interface chip cards.

Product chip cards Certain software, like time recording solutions, are needing certain cards, which can be only used with and by this software.

.NET / DAS Starterkit The Device Administration Service Starterkit offered by Cryptoshop. PKI Startkit for smartcard based IT-Security using .NET cards from Gemalto. Especially for small and medium sized enterprises.

Smart Card Printing Job (online) On cryptoshop.com you can design your cards, personalize them with data from your Active Directory and build the production request online.
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Intercede MyID Intercede MyID is a card management system and leverages the existing Microsoft PKI. Big rollouts of card based company cards are no challenge anymore using Intercede MyID.
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Gemalto - DAS The Allynis Device Administration Service (DAS) from Gemalto is a managed service for administration of .NET cards, which are ready to use in Microsoft Operating Systems, for small and medium-sized businesses.