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This allows the smartcard to be used as a security token for authentication and data encryption, such as that used in BitLocker. Chip card interface devices come in a variety of forms. The smallest CCID form is a standard USB dongle and may contain a SIM card or Secure Digital card inside the USB dongle.
SafeNet, Inc. was an information security company based in Belcamp, Maryland, United States, which was acquired in August 2014 by the French security company Gemalto. Gemalto was, in turn, acquired by Thales Group in 2019.
2002-10-04 [3] BSD: Yes CenterTools DriveLock CenterTools 2008 Proprietary: Yes Check Point Full Disk Encryption Check Point Software Technologies Ltd: 1999 [4] [5] [6] Proprietary: Yes CipherShed: CipherShed Project 2014 [7] TrueCrypt License Version 3.0 [8] No CrossCrypt: Steven Scherrer 2004-02-10 [9] GPL: No CryFS Sebastian Messmer 2015 ...
Aladdin Knowledge Systems was founded in 1985 by Jacob (Yanki) Margalit, when he was 23 years old; he was soon joined by his brother Danny Margalit, who took the responsibility for product development at the age of 18, while at the same time completing a Mathematics and Computer Science degree at Tel Aviv University.
Connected tokens are tokens that must be physically connected to the computer with which the user is authenticating. Tokens in this category automatically transmit the authentication information to the client computer once a physical connection is made, eliminating the need for the user to manually enter the authentication information.
A software token (a.k.a. soft token) is a piece of a two-factor authentication security device that may be used to authorize the use of computer services. [1] Software tokens are stored on a general-purpose electronic device such as a desktop computer , laptop , PDA , or mobile phone and can be duplicated.
While a token is generally used to represent only security information, it is capable of holding additional free-form data that can be attached while the token is being created. Tokens can be duplicated without special privilege, for example to create a new token with lower levels of access rights to restrict the access of a launched application.
A smart card (SC), chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC or IC card), is a card used to control access to a resource.It is typically a plastic credit card-sized card with an embedded integrated circuit (IC) chip. [1]