“. Smart Cards for Future Health System The healthcare industry is dealing with pressure to control operational cost and manage the information system more efficiently more secure using the latest technology. As the healthcare industry advances, electronically data protection is a key concern. Current healthcare requires immediate and secure information access without compromising privacy. The modern medicine and the latest technology in the healthcare system are boosting life expectancy. People
electronic commerce. As explained by González (2001) , ...a smart card can generally be defined as a plastic card with dimensions similar to traditional credit/debit cards, into which an electronic device has been incorporated to allow information storage. Frequently, it also has an integrated circuit with data processing capacity. Smart cards are normally separated into two categories: memory cards and microprocessor cards, commonly named smart cards for their capability to do data processing and the sophisticated
debit and credit cards to complete transactions, both online and at the store, both consumers and businesses are searching for ways to keep this data secure. One of the largest and most recent data breaches that comes to mind is the Target data breach that happened last November and December. Yang and Jayakumar, in their article in The Washington Posts (2014), stated that up to forty million customers’ card information had been stolen. One way to help keep credit and debit card information secure
ELECTRONIC CASH AND SMART CARDS Introduction When you go into a store to make a purchase a monetary transaction takes place between a merchant, the provider and the consumer, which is you. Typically you would either use cash, check or credit card. If you are making a purchase less than five dollars it doesn’t seem reasonable to pay with a credit card or write a check. Electronic cash is the solution to this problem regardless how big or small the transaction is electronic cash is a viable alternative
1. WHAT IS SMART CARD? The wallet-sized medical smart card, embedded with a programmable computer chip, stores and transmits a cardholder's clinical, insurance coverage and biographical information. Smart cards differ along four main dimensions: 1. Memory: from 1 to 16 kb (there are currently prototypes with 64 kb); 2. Processor speed: from 4 to 16 MHz; 3. Interaction: physical contact, proximity (near-contact, but no wearout), and radio; 4. Software: card operating system and installed applications
achieved by different means of physical security. Magnetic access control card system is one of the many ways of restricting access to a building or area. According to Oke et al. (2009), magnetic access control systems are used to control entry to a room or building and were developed to reduce prodigious amount of theft and fraud. Magnetic access control card security systems use smart cards which are small plastic cards made out of Polyvinyl Chloride incorporating one or more integrated circuits
data protection, remote access to resources, transaction security and Web security.” Trusting in these electronic transactions is essential to the growth and maintenance of our global economy. Utilized alone or with other technologies such as smart cards, encryption keys, and digital signatures, biometrics are being used in nearly all aspects of the economy, including in our daily lives. Using biometrics for per... ... middle of paper ... ...les, and law enforcement to name a few. There are
include workstation, network, and domain access, single sign-on, application logon, data protection, remote access to resources, transaction security and Web security (Campbell, 1995). Utilized alone or integrated with other technologies such as smart cards, encryption keys and digital signatures, biometrics are set to pervade nearly all aspects of the economy and our daily lives (Campbell, 1995). Among the features measured are; face, fingerprints, hand geometry, iris, and voice (Campbell, 1995).
The first vending machine was planted in London, Paris in the 1880s. Dispensing of bite size apples to postcards, vending machines were made to help people fill their 8 foot by 8 foot containers with knick knacks and accessible belongings. So why is it that now, when vending machines are becoming more and more popular, they are suddenly being pulled out of schools? Vending machines’ prime reason is to help others, so why are schools like Ereckson Middle School doing the complete opposite? Statistically
The Smart Classroom The classroom is a place that is constantly trying to be improved for the betterment of students’ education. New teaching methods and improvement in environment are all constantly being researched; however, recently, research on technology in the classroom has flourished. The Smart Classroom contains these technological advances and triggers them toward in-hancing student learning. Classrooms in the past never really took into consideration that all students learned differently
skimming is a real threat to the privacy and security of credit cards and passports. Not only is there a threat to using the information on the card to transact but there is also the threat of having your identity known. You are able to pick up a person’s name, expiration date of the card as well as the card number. Once the thief has access to your personal information they can falsely represent you when phoning up a credit or debit card company and can then enable a fraudulent (fake) transaction to
Smart Cameras Since the events of September 11th the governments in the United States and other countries have increased their surveillance of society. Meanwhile smart cameras are steadily becoming smarter and more usable. It is often difficult to estimate what impact new technology will have on society. What are the ethical issues that smart cameras bring about? The technology behind smart cameras The main difference between a smart camera and an ordinary one is that a smart camera analyzes
So, How Smart are you? If I could give you anything…anything you wanted at all, what would it be? For many, the immediate response is: “I want to be smarter!!!” Why smarter? If you are very smart, what do you do with all this smartness? Is there such a thing as being too smart? My younger brother, Ian, is a fourteen-year-old junior in high school. Clearly precocious for his age and stature, there are many who envy his ability and talent to understand academic concepts with relative ease.
were both good at it. Zaroff and Mr. Baumer were the most evil people in "The Most Dangerous Game" and "Bargain" because they were both very sneaky and smart about murdering, they both stacked the deck against their victims, and they were both murderers. General Zaroff and Mr. Baumer were very sneaky and smart at committing the murders. General Zaroff "hunted"
Nora’s Smart Choice in A Doll's House So many women have suffered as the result of discriminatory duties. In the play "A Doll's House" written by Henrik Ibsen, the playwright reflects upon the subject of the 'social lie and duty'. By having Nora, the flawed heroine, slam the door shut just as her husband is hit by a ray of hope, Ibsen started much controversy between reviewers, columnists and the general audience. Through evidence offered by the play, Nora is right to leave her husband.
Negative Impact of God on the Minds of David Hume, Christopher Smart, and William Cowper David Hume was one of the most influential writers and philosophers of his time. Hume was the second son of Joseph Hume, laird of Ninewells, a small estate in Berwickshire. He was born and raised in Edinburgh, and studied law at Edinburgh University. He left the University without taking a degree with him, however. He spent the next three years living at his fathers, occupying his time primarily with
Smart House Some people think that it is difficult to find a relationship between home and computer. Usually people think that computer just using in a company and office. It is a misleading concept as we have a SMART HOUSE. The complete SMART HOUSE System has been available since early 1993. In a SMART HOUSE, people build a relationship between computer and home. The SMART HOUSE is a home management system that allows home owners to easily manage their daily lives by providing for a lifestyle
Skinny or Smart Would you rather be skinny or smart? This question hits young girls across America. Today many of our young Americans are losing weight to essentially be more “beautiful.” I use the word “beautiful” carefully because beautiful is not what is on the outside, but the inside is where it counts. Yes, some girls are naturally pretty and smart, but what some people don’t realize is that some of those girls are not eating and not exercising to get the body that they would like. This
willing, highly motivated and eager to learn. He's convinced that if he could only learn to read and write, the secret of being smart would be revealed to him. Charlie wants to be smart because he works as a janitor in a factory where he has many friends, but even as he goes along with their hijinks, he suspects his friends mock him. The opportunity to be made smart--really smart--is irresistible, even though there's a chance that the results of the operation will only be temporary. Because Charlie wants
into their bank account. Using their home computer, that person can pay their monthly bills electronically by using a third-party bill paying system authorized by their bank. Credit cards, once reserved for major purchases, are now accepted at grocery stores, fast food restaurants, pay phones, and coffee shops. Debit cards are quickly replacing checks for many of our day-to-day purchases. There are quite a few transactions that cannot be completed with cash, including renting cars, many mail order purchases