Get ready for the future with the new IOGEAR USB Smart Card Access 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 Access Reader uses a contact system where the card must be swiped through the card reader; this type of reader is less prone to misalignment and eliminates the possibility of being misread.Features- FIPS 201 Certified*- Contact style Smart Card Reader suitable for a wide range of applications in government, banking, healthcare, transportation, entertainment and secure network login- Supports multiple Smart Card protocols and relevant industry standards for digital signage and secure personal identification- USB 2.0 connection to increase reliability and ease of operation- EMV 2000 Level 1 approved- Support ISO7816 Class A, B, and C (5V / 3V / 1.8V) Card- LED lights for power on and to indicate a successful scan- Supports multiple Smart Card protocols and relevant industry standards including CAC***R-TRE.1: Follow the ISO7816-2R-TRE.2: GSR202 conforms to the reader-to-host system interface of Personal computer/smart card (PC/SC) specR-TRE.3: Support Class A operating class as defined in ISO/IEC 7816-3: 1997 and ISO/IEC 7816-3:1997/Amd 1:2002R-TRE.4: Support both T=0 and T=1 transmission protocol which is defined in ISO/IEC 7816-3:1997R-TRE.5: Not generate the programming VoltageR-TRE.6: Data retrieved from the PIV readers shall be the data that was written on each cardR-TRE.13: Data format for physical readers shall consist of the 2 parity bits, agency code, system code and credential code elements of the FASC-N along with the expiration date (YYYYMMDD) from the CHUID as defined by appendix A of NIST SP 800-73. Each element shall be individually formatted as binary numbers and combined to form a 75 bit string as shown in the figure below.