CardLogix Smart Cards Get a Biometric Boost.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2002 CardLogix, a leading smart card company, today announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Precise Biometrics AB of Sweden. The partnership integrates CardLogix smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. with Precise Biometrics fingerprint readers A scanner used to identify a person's fingerprint for security purposes. After a sample is taken, access to a computer or other system is granted if the fingerprint matches the stored sample. A PIN may also be used with the fingerprint sample. for transaction and physical security applications. Precise Biometrics becomes a CardLogix Smart Partner, joining a worldwide network of smart card solution developers working with the CardLogix smart card platforms. CardLogix has incorporated the Precise Biometrics' readers into their M.O.S.T. Toolz development product and is also incorporating Precise Biometrics' Match-on-Card algorithms directly into the their M.O.S.T.(TM) card operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . As part of the agreement, CardLogix is also re-selling Precise Biometrics readers. The Right Combination For Secure Identification This partnership combines the advanced encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. power of smart cards with the proven security of biometric verification. Using these technologies, a smart card stores a person's fingerprint, which is an absolute and unique identifier With reference to a given (possibly implicit) set of objects, a unique identifier is any identifier which is guaranteed to be unique among all identifiers used for those objects and for a specific purpose. . With each use of the card, the reader captures the user's fingerprint and it is matched with the print stored in the card. Once that match is made, the card OS can proceed with other cryptographic or processing functions for user and system authorization. Precise Biometrics' Match-on-Card technology stores and executes all identification directly on the smart card, instead of relying on outside processing where data can be intercepted and misused. Transaction time is also faster, because data never leaves the card. Development of systems that deploy these technologies has been streamlined with CardLogix' M.O.S.T. Toolz, which includes the Winplex(R) API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. version 1.20 and the M.O.S.T. Toolz file creation utility. Together, they configure card system parameters to meet any requirement for access and security. A powerful 32-Bit API, Winplex(R) enables developers to link smart cards into larger distributed management systems, i.e. intranets or financial management systems without having to do low-level programming. The rollout of technology from the partnership starts with immediate availability of CardLogix Winplex(R) version 1.20, which is provided as part of M.O.S.T. Toolz for $99 and includes sample source code for biometric applications. M.O.S.T. Cards will be fully integrated with Match-On-Card capability within the next 60-90 days. For more information, contact CardLogix at 949/380-1312, sales@cardlogix.com and www.cardlogix.com. About Precise Biometrics Precise Biometrics is an innovative security company that supplies world-leading systems for authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. using fingerprints. The solutions supplied by the company replace keys, PIN codes and passwords. The company's products are cost-effective and provide security and comfort combined with top-class protection of personal integrity. The range includes systems for access control to computers and networks and for building into mobile and terminals, such as mobile phones and portable computers. The company headquarters are in Lund, Sweden. The company also has offices in Stockholm and a U.S. subsidiary in Washington, D.C. Precise Biometrics is listed on the O-list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange The Stockholm Stock Exchange (Swedish: Stockholmsbörsen) is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863 [1] it is the primary securities exchange of the Nordic Countries. (symbol:PREC PREC Precedence PREC Processo Revolucionário Em Curso PREC Program for Resource Efficient Communities PREC Puerto Rico Energy Center A). For additional information, visit www.precisebiometrics.com About CardLogix CardLogix develops smart card platforms for the secure transaction of data and value. The CardLogix smart card technology platform is the basis for innovative applications throughout the world in retail POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale , healthcare, security, finance and entertainment. For more information, contact CardLogix at sales@cardlogix.com, www.cardlogix.com and 949/380-1312. |
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