Hendry M. Multi-application smart cards

N.-Y.: Cambridge University Press, 2007. — 268 p. — ISBN10: 0521873843, ISBN13: 978-0521873840.Multi-application smart cards have yet to realise their enormous potential, partly because few people understand the technology, market and behavioural issues involved. Here, Mike Hendry sets out to fill this gap with a comprehensive guide to the technology, business and implementation aspects of this pivotal technology.
Following a review of the state of the art in smart card technology, the book describes the business requirements of each smart-card-using sector, and the applications and support systems required to sustain multiple applications. Implementation aspects, including security, are treated in detail and numerous international case studies cover identity, telecoms, banking and transportation applications. Lessons are drawn from these projects to help deliver more successful applications in the future.
Invaluable for users and those responsible for specifying, evaluating and integrating multiapplication systems, this book will also be useful to terminal, card and system designers, network, IT and security managers and software specialists.Mike Hendry is a freelance consultant and industry expert on cards and payment systems. He has many years of international experience in industry, was the Technical and Operations Director of the UK Chip and PIN Programme, and is also the author of several books.