IOGEAR USB Smart Card Reader - USB Slimme Kaartlezer

Get ready for the future with the IOGEAR USB smart card reader. Smart card readers are used as a communications medium between the smart card and a host (e.g. a computer, a point-of-sale terminal). A smart card is a small portable credit-card shaped pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits or IC chips which can process data. The combination of the small size and IC make them a valuable tool for security, data storage, and other special applications. The use of smart cards can improve user security by combining something a user has (the smart card) with something only the user should know (a PIN), this provides two factor security that is more secure than passwords alone.The traditional credit card uses a magnetic-strip which stores a very small amount of information and has no processing capability of its own. Smart cards are the next generation of secure and user friendly identification, authentication & data storage solution. The IOGEAR USB smart card reader uses contact system where the must be swiped through to read; this type of reader is less prone to misalignment and eliminates possibility being misread.Smart cards are next step in convenience and security