Data Security Analysis and Security Extension for Smart Cards Using Java Card

Data Security Analysis and Security Extension for Smart Cards Using Java Card

Smart cards improve the convenience and security of any transaction. They provide tamper-proof storage of user and account identity. Multifunction cards are used to manage network system access, store value and other data. The cards carry personal account, credit and buying-preference information and thus, security becomes a primary issue here. Public Key Cryptography plays an essential role in...

Multi-Application Smart Cards: Card Operating Systems and Application Security

Multi-Application Smart Cards are becoming more prevalent in society as the need to secure electronic transactions increases for both e-commerce and identity verification purposes. This paper studies two Multi-Application Smart Cards and their Operating Systems, namely the MULTOS Card and the Sun Java Card. This research provides an in-depth analysis of the efficacy of the mechanisms used to ve...

Analysis of Security Models For Smart Cards

Smart cards are an old breed of ubiquitous embedded-computing devices that are increasingly gaining popularity for electronic business transactions. When these smart cards are used over networks that can be covertly snooped, such as the Internet, there is a potential threat to the security of these transactions. In this report, I describe and analyze security models for smart cards that are use...

Voting using Java Card smart cards (a case study)

Smart Card Content Security

Smart Cards are often touted as “secure” portable storage devices. A complete, high-level design metodology has been proposed for embedded information systems based on smart card devices. However, this metodology takes as granted that informations stored on the card will be really securely stored, and access control will be correctly maintained. Unfortunately, standards and specifications, crea...