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Safe and sure

Work Study

ISSN: 0043-8022

Publication date: 1 July 2001

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(2001), "Safe and sure", Work Study, Vol. 50 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.2001.07950dab.009

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited


Safe and sure

Safe and sure

Utimaco Safeware claims to be the first security company worldwide to present smartcard-based security solutions for authentication, encryption and digital signatures using a biometric key. A new method developed in co-operation with the Swedish company Precise Biometrics AB and the Finnish company Miotec Oy allows security unlocking of smartcards by fingerprints. The smartcard can then be used for authentication, single-sign-on (SSO), encryption or digital signatures. In contrast, first generation biometric methods allowed the comparison of biometric characteristics with digital patterns but did not offer encryption functions – biometry can now be integrated into complex security applications. Users do not have to remember a PIN and, thus, the support costs and time losses caused by forgotten PINs are eliminated. What is more, it is impossible for users to pass on their cards and PINs to other people (e.g. so that a colleague can substitute for them). See http://www.utimaco.com

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