Smart Card Security And Applications (artech House Telecommunications Library)

This extensively updated edition of the popular book offers a current overview of the ways smart cards address the computer security issues of today's varied applications. Brand-new discussions on multiapplication operating systems, computer networks, and the Internet are included to keep technical and business professionals abreast of the latest developments in this field.

This extensively updated, second edition of the popular Artech House book, Smart Card Security and Applications, offers you a current overview of the ways smart cards address the computer security issues of today?s distributed applications. Brand new discussions on multi-application operating systems, computer networks, and the Internet are included to keep you abreast of the very latest developments in this field. The book provides you with technical details on the newest protection mechanisms, features a discussion on the effects of recent attacks, and gives you a clear methodology for solving your unique security problems. It explains how smart cards are particularly relevant to Internet-based applications, and to payment in the modern world through the use of cryptography, public key infrastructures, and biometrics.