Jul 22, 2013The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) is a White House initiative to improve on the credentials currently used to access the Internet and authenticate identity online. This white paper, from the Smart Card Alliance, reviews the NSTIC's initiatives and discusses how smart-card technology can provide the advanced credentialing capabilities necessary to enable high assurance in the NSTIC identity ecosystem. Smart cards come in a variety of form factors—including plastic cards, USB devices and secure elements that can be embedded in mobile or other devices—and can be either contact (communicating with a reader through direct physical contact) or contactless (communicating via an RFID air-interface protocol, such as ISO 14443). (23 pages)
Smart Card Technology and the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
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