Smart Cards, Tokens, Security and Applications [Kindle Edition]

Keith Mayes (Editor), Konstantinos Markantonakis (Editor)

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Smart Cards, Tokens, Security and Applications provides a broad overview of the many card systems and solutions that are in practical use today. This state-of-the art work is written by contributing authors who are active researchers and acknowledged experts in their field. A single book cannot be found to match both the breadth and depth of content.

This book combines a cross-discipline overview of smart cards, tokens and related security and applications plus a technical reference to support further research and study. A step-by-step approach educates the reader in card types, production, operating systems, commercial applications, new technologies, security design, attacks, application development, deployment and lifecycle management. By the end of the book the reader should be able to play an educated role in a smart card related project, even to programming a card application.

Smart Cards, Tokens, Security and Applications is designed for a professional audience of practitioners and researchers.

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Smart Cards, Tokens, Security and Applications provides a broad overview of the many card systems and solutions that are in practical use today. This state-of-the art work is written by contributing authors who are active researchers and acknowledged experts in their field. A single book cannot be found to match both the breadth and depth of content. This book combines a cross-discipline overview of smart cards, tokens and related security and applications plus a technical reference to support further research and study. A step-by-step approach educates the reader in card types, production, operating systems, commercial applications, new technologies, security design, attacks, application development, deployment and lifecycle management. By the end of the book the reader should be able to play an educated role in a smart card related project, even to programming a card application. Smart Cards, Tokens, Security and Applications is designed for a professional audience of practitioners and researchers.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 5189 KB
• Print Length: 416 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0387721975
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 7, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001AQMN9Y
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #584,306 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative!, September 1, 2011

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This review is from: Smart Cards, Tokens, Security and Applications (Hardcover)

This book offers a broad and useful overview of smart cards technology and applications. In particular, it addresses the RFID technology (for contactless smart card), smart card reader access mechanism, smart card production, multi-application smart card platforms, smart card security and security for pay-TV systems as well as smart card applications (phone SIM card, bank EMV card, ID card and e-passport).

It is intersting to learn about SIM authentication for mobile phones and remote over-the-air managment with short messages (SMS), payment card technologies and card authentication, security features of ID cards, e-passports and pay-TV systems. With the Near-Field-Communication technology, mobile phone can interact with external contactless smart card as a token reader. By the way, it is disappointing to find many typos!