Smart
ID’s
There are many smart cards nowadays
and they are still increasing mostly due to security purposes. There are many
varieties of smart ID’s since they first started to be in use. Some of these
cards are used as phone cards, bank cards and even personal identification and
all have to work under a certain procedure.
World governments require security
procedures at all times, that is probably one of the first leading reasons to
use smart ID’s. Having to memorize names, numbers and codes such as employee
numbers is difficult and takes a long time to be verified. Therefore,
approaching this new technology cuts time and saves money for the government
and is at the same time secure. For example, banks were the first to introduce
these smart cards to the world under the name of visa card and later master
card. These came with magnetic stripes that saved personal data and can only be
verified by the card holders. Many companies later came up with better cards
which provide more space to hold more information.
At the time being huge developments have
taken place into improving these ID’s that have several uses in many different
fields. The major beneficial field of this technology is the mobile phone
industry, where sim cards were launched that provided files saved into them
such as contacts’ names and numbers. Not only were the people interested by the
data saved in these cards but also the easy way to access this information has
made it increase in a short amount of time. Nowadays almost every employee at a
major company owns a smart ID. That is the card that holds one’s name, employee
number, employee picture, blood group and some even includes fingerprints to
verify card holders. By that companies are ensuring security and evaluating the
performance of their employee’s. Yet this might seem very complicated to
manage, an organization was founded under the name of The International Organization
for Standardization which plays a role in developing standards for all these
industries. The (ISO) offers to its customer’s confidentiality and availability
where these companies benefit from it by having a competitive atmosphere against
those who are not certified by the (ISO) program.
Industries are working on the future
development of these smart ID’s by implying all the information they have into
making ideas for new ways to use these cards. Even though computers have gone a
long way since they first appeared, these companies are even trying to make
them smaller by using this technology. What is also interesting is that a form of
these smart id’s is the barcode tags; especially the ones on some products at
the grocery store.it is thought that for future preferences it will be easier
to go shopping for groceries if these barcodes were integrated well with
technology. “Imagine going to the grocery store, filling up your cart and
walking right out the door. No longer will you have to wait as someone rings up
each item in your cart one at a time. Instead, these tags will communicate with
an electronic reader that will detect every item in the cart and ring each up
almost instantly… Your bank
will then be notified and the amount of the bill will be deducted from your
account. No lines, no waiting.”( Bonsor,2012)
No matter what type of ID we are using, phone cards, credit cards,
sim cards or personal identification, they still share the same idea of having
technology built into it with a high profile level of security under the name
of smart ID's.
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