Fargo Launches New DESFire Encoding Option to Protect Private Identity Data; Fargo is First in Desktop Card Printer Market to Adopt Advanced, Highly Secure Technology.MINNEAPOLIS -- Fargo Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :FRGO), a global leader in secure technologies for card identity systems, today announced the availability of a DESFire encoding See encode. option for its card printer/encoders. DESFire, a highly secure contactless smart card A smart card that uses radio frequencies to provide a wireless connection to the reader. The transmission range is only a couple of inches, but allows the card to be quickly passed by a reader in applications such as secured entrances. See smart card and UltraCard. technology based on the industry-leading MIFARE(R) platform, will offer the speed, functionality and convenience of a contactless card while maintaining a high degree of security. DESFire allows high-speed, triple-Data 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. Standard (3DES) RF encryption between the contactless card and the reader. It is used wherever high-speed, highly secure data transmissions are necessary such as access control, government, financial and healthcare applications. "The key advantage of the DESFire card is the strong security provided by the smart chip technology," said John Ekers, Fargo's director of product marketing for systems and software. "The DESFire card encrypts the information stored on the chip as well as the communications between the chip and the DESFire reader. "There are a number of ID badging project opportunities developing as a result of government initiatives like HSPD-12 and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, where the operational security and privacy characteristics of the DESFire card are ideally suited. With Fargo as the first to market with this technology in our card printer/encoders, it gives us a competitive advantage," continued Ekers. Beginning immediately with the HDP HDP High Density Polyethylene HDP High Density Plasma HDP Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme HDP Hazardous Duty Pay HDP Hurricane Destruction Potential HDP Hydrocarbon Dew Point HDP Hard Drive Password 600 Card Printer/Encoder, the DESFire encoding option will be available with the full range of Fargo's High Definition Printing(TM) and Direct-to-Card product lines. About Fargo Founded in 1974, Fargo Electronics is a global leader in the development of secure technologies for identity card issuance systems, including secure card printer/encoders, materials and software. The company has sold more than 100,000 systems in the U.S. and over 80 other countries worldwide. Fargo card issuance systems reduce vulnerabilities and potential for loss of time, money and lives by continually con·tin·u·al adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. improving the security of identity credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. . Fargo provides physical, information and transaction security for a wide variety of applications and industries, including government, corporate, national IDs, drivers' licenses, universities, schools and membership. Based in Minneapolis, Minn., Fargo markets its products through a global distribution network of professional security integrators. For more information about Fargo, visit www.fargo.com. |
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