Page 32 - index

Migrating to New Capabilities

Migration to NFC-based strong authentication and true converged solutions requires an
extensible and adaptable multi-technology smart card and reader platform. For optimal
flexibility and interoperability, this platform should be based on open architecture, and enable
both legacy credential and new credential technology to be combined on the same card
while also supporting NFC-enabled mobile platforms. To meet security requirements, the
platform should use contactless high frequency smart card technology that features mutual
authentication and cryptographic protection mechanisms with secret keys, and employs a
secure messaging protocol that is delivered on a trust-based communication platform within
a secure ecosystem of interoperable products.

With these capabilities, organizations can ensure the highest level of security, convenience,
and interoperability on either cards or phones, along with the adaptability to meet tomorrow’s
requirements including a combination of both strong authentication for protecting the data
and applications in the cloud, and contactless high-frequency smart card capabilities for
diverse physical access control applications.

With proper planning, organizations can solve the strong authentication challenge while
extending their solutions to protect everything from the cloud and desktop to the door.
These converged solutions reduce deployment and operational costs by enabling
organizations to leverage their existing physical access control credential investment to
seamlessly add logical access control for network log-on. The result is a fully interoperable,
multi-layered security solution across company networks, systems and facilities.

About the author

Julian Lovelock, Vice President of Product Marketing, ActivIdentity,
part of HID Global

Julian Lovelock is the vice president of Product Marketing of ActivIdentity,
part of HID Global, and is responsible for defining and bringing to market
products across the Identity Assurance portfolio. Mr. Lovelock is based in
Fremont California, having relocated from London in 2006. He joined
ActivIdentity in 2005 as part of the acquisition of ASPACE Solutions where
he was CTO and co-founder. Since joining ActivIdentity he has held a number of positions in
product management as well as market responsibility for ActivIdentity's security solutions for
online banking. Lovelock holds a BENG in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the
University of Aston, UK.

32 Cyber Warnings E-Magazine – August 2014 Edition
Copyright © Cyber Defense Magazine, All rights reserved worldwide