Citation
(2002), "Key to security", Work Study, Vol. 51 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.2002.07951dad.007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Key to security
Key to security
EuroSignCard (ESC) has teamed with Datakey to offer smart card security solutions in the European Union via ESC EuroSignID(TM) digital certificates. ESC currently has several pilots with customers in Luxembourg that include Datakey smart card technology. Smart cards remove a user's digital credentials from vulnerable workstations or computer networks, generating, storing and safeguarding them on a highly secure card that performs all the encryption and digital signature functions. A user's private keys must remain completely secure to prove their identity with certainty when communicating or conducting business electronically – and smart cards represent the highest practical level of security for these private keys and user credentials. Smart cards also give users the convenience of transporting their digital ID wherever they carry their card, so they are not limited to one workstation.