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	Pioneering Employee Badge Project

Pioneering Employee Badge Project

Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Identity & Authentication Management
Applicable Industries	Equipment & Machinery
Challenge	The legacy system had difficulties that certificates could not be renewed on-line and Active Directory could not automatically synchronize each time a smart card was issued. The new system had to interface to a VPN solution and offer a standardized smart card administration tool which would be made available at all the company’s sites. Read More
About Customer	SEW-EURODRIVE is a world leader in drive technology and a pioneer in drive-based automation. The company was using multifunctional smart cards for computer login as well as for physical access control, time recognition and payment at the company restauran Read More
Customer Name	SEW-EURODRIVE Read More
Solution	After settling on Windows Vista as their new Desktop OS, Gemalto’s .NET cards were suggested as the solution. Since Windows Vista support the technology, no middleware was needed, thereby eliminating a source of cost and lost productivity. Hardware Components - Gemalto’s .NET cards Software Components - Windows Vista Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Identity & Authentication Management

Applicable Industries

Equipment & Machinery

Challenge

The legacy system had difficulties that certificates could not be renewed on-line and Active Directory could not automatically synchronize each time a smart card was issued.

The new system had to interface to a VPN solution and offer a standardized smart card administration tool which would be made available at all the company’s sites.

About Customer

SEW-EURODRIVE is a world leader in drive technology and a pioneer in drive-based automation. The company was using multifunctional smart cards for computer login as well as for physical access control, time recognition and payment at the company restauran

Customer Name

SEW-EURODRIVE

Solution

After settling on Windows Vista as their new Desktop OS, Gemalto’s .NET cards were suggested as the solution. Since Windows Vista support the technology, no middleware was needed, thereby eliminating a source of cost and lost productivity.

Hardware Components
- Gemalto’s .NET cards

Software Components
- Windows Vista

Impact #1	[Data Management - Data Security] A single interface is enabled to issue certificates and then load them onto smart cards as part of the personalization process.
Impact #2	[Product Improvement - User Acceptance] Better user acceptance and less instrallation time with less operative training is required.
Impact #3	[Data Management - Data Security] User’s credentials and notably the private key used for authentication are securely stored through .NET card.

Impact #1

[Data Management - Data Security]
A single interface is enabled to issue certificates and then load them onto smart cards as part of the personalization process.

Impact #2

[Product Improvement - User Acceptance]
Better user acceptance and less instrallation time with less operative training is required.

Impact #3

[Data Management - Data Security]
User’s credentials and notably the private key used for authentication are securely stored through .NET card.

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Pioneering Employee Badge Project

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