A smart card is a plastic identification card containing electronic memory, and in some cases, an embedded integrated circuit (for RFID models). They are sometimes called smart id cards or rfid cards depending on the smart card vendorMore security conscious businesses (like the medical profession) are using the benefits and advantages of smart cards to ensure the id of employees every year.
Benefits Contact Smart Cards
Contact smart cards must be inserted into a smart card reader. The reader makes contact with the card module electrical connectors that transfer data to and from the chip. This physical contact permits the transmission of data, commands and card status and enhances security by requiring the card holder to be present for identification.
Advantages of Contactless Smart Cards
Contactless smart cards are embedded with an integrated circuit chip. They provide not only memory capacity, but computational capability as well. The self-containment of a contactless smart card makes it resistant to attack as it does not need to depend upon potentially vulnerable external resources. Because of this characteristic, smart cards are often used in different applications which require strong security protection and
authentication.
Proximity card
Is a generic name for contactless integrated circuit devices used for security access or payment systems. It can refer to the older 125 kHz devices or the newer 13.56 MHz contactless RFID cards, most commonly known as contactless smartcards.
HID iClass Cards
HID's iCLASS was specifically designed to make access control more powerful, more versatile, and more secure. HID's iCLASS 13.56 MHz read/write contactless smart card technology provides versatile interoperability in applications such as access control, network log-on security, cashless vending, time and attendance, event management and biometric identification.
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