CardLab discuss how you can ensure your cybersecurity during COVID-19 and the everchanging world of biometric cards, digital payments, and ID cards.
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a new threat to central systems with workstations placed outside company firewalls. Outside the firewall, hackers have easier access to computers and online devices, demonstrating a major risk to cybersecurity during COVID-19. In this eBook, CardLab discuss their innovative solutions and how they can increase cybersecurity during COVID-19 using a wide range of technologies, such as:
- Blockchain
- Biometrics
- Energy harvesting
- e-banking
- e-government
- e-health
About CardLab
CardLab produces integrated microelectronics for intelligent cards, including embedded fingerprint sensors for authentication, through which it fights increasing fraud and identity theft, and the costs these problems cause for companies and individuals. CardLab provides several card solutions, such as: cards with biometric sensors to secure correct card user, RFID skimming protection cards, dynamic magstripe cards, and customised card solutions to customers requirements. CardLab offer expertise in:
- Microelectronics for powered Smart cards
- Biometric card solutions with fingerprint sensor
- Card customisation capabilities as a ‘one stop shop’
- Secure biometric cards for e-banking, e-commerce and e-government
- Dual dynamic magstripe capabilities in cards
- Lamination of complex electronic cards
- Power management systems for powered Smart Cards
- Connecting cards via NFC or BLE to host device
In 2016, CardLab and QuardLock were selected by the EU Commission under the Horizon 2020 program to provide a biometric solution to protect critical infrastructure. With funding from Horizon 2020 under grant agreement No 757096, CardLab’s biometric card project have developed a myriad of different biometric card types, creating an unbreakable link between an individual’s physical and digital identity. CardLab have expressed interest in furthering their research in a wide range of areas, such as:
- Biometric fingerprint sensors
- Card print optimisation
- Card antenna optimisation
- Payment card solutions
- Access and ID card solutions
- Card innovation and security
