This training is relevant to professionals who either want to penetrate the smart card industry or have already penetrated it but may not have had prior basic smart card training such as the one we offer. People who may benefit from this course include potential application operators wanting to run a smart card application, entrepreneurs wanting to get into smart card-related businesses, smart card application developers wanting to supply smart card applications, as well as decision makers, project managers, sales and marketing operatives, software and hardware engineers and system designers.

Furthermore, we offer a follow-up tutorial on Smart Card Application Design that covers technical details involved in the design and development of smart card applications; we offer this especially to technically-inclined professionals such as project managers, software and hardware engineers, and system designers.

1. Smart Card Technical Introduction
   The knowledge delivered in this session is mandatory for everyone in the smart card industry. It is necessary for one to have an understanding of what a smart card is, what one can do with a smart card, what different types of smart cards there are and what typical prices and capabilities smart cards have. Topics covered include:
   
   
   • Types of smart cards
   • Types of memory cards
   • ISO-7816
   • ISO-14443
   • Smart card capabilities
   • Smart card applications
     
     
2. Application of Cryptography to Smart Card Applications
   This session covers basic understanding of cryptography, which professionals in the smart card industry are required to have. Participants joining this session need not have technical knowledge of cryptography to understand the basic topics it covers, although a more in-depth understanding is required for higher level subject matters.
   
   • DES & triple DES
   • Messaging authentication code
   • Key diversification
   • Key dispersion
   • Public Key Infra-structure & Certification Authority
   • Hash & signature
   • Authentication - card, terminal, cardholder
   • Certification
   • Secured messaging
     
     
     
3. Memory Card Overview
   This session gives a quick overview of some of the most popular and commonly used memory cards, as well as their features and limitations. A detailed discussion and case study will be done on the second day.
   
   • Free access memory
   • Token cards - 4406, 4436
   • Protected memory card - 4442, 4428
   • Contact-less Mifare Ultra-light and Mifare card
     
     
     
4. Native Smart Card Chip Operating System (COS) Concept
   This session describes how a COS works. An understanding of the COS concept is particularly important for decision makers and application system designers who decide on the types of cards to be used in certain applications, as well as delineate between a native COS and an open platform card such as a Java card or a MultOS.
   • File organization
   • File access conditions
   • Secret keys & secret codes
   • Authentication
   • File access commands
   • Secure messaging
   • Payment commands
   • Administrative commands
     
     
     
5. Open Platform Smart Card
   Many people have heard about these cards and their usage in multiple applications. Unfortunately not many really know about the difference between these cards and a native COS smart, and the implication of using such type of cards.
   • Javacard
   • MultOS
     
     
6. PC/SC Smart Card Reader & EMV Level 1 Certification
   The PC/SC standard for smart card readers, which was defined by a consortium led by Microsoft in 1997, attempted to make all readers compatible with a program application by setting an interface that will facilitate the communication between a reader and an operating system, as well as the reader’s access to the application in the operating system. Today PC/SC readers have become the industry standard for PC-linked smart card readers. Hence, this session provides attendees with an understanding of PC/SC readers and other industry standards such as CCID and EMV Level 1.
   
   
7. GSM SIM Card
   This is the biggest smart card application using more than 3 billion cards every year. The usage is very much standardized. This session provides an overview of this smart card industry giant to give attendees a good appreciation of SIM cards.
   
   
8. EMV Smart Debit / Credit Smart Card Overview & EMV Level 2 Certification
   The EMV Smart Debit / Credit Card is the second largest smart card in use today after the GSM SIM Card. Despite this, only few people know that by itself it is not a product but a core specification of Visa and Mastercard for Smart Debit / Credit Cards. This session gives you an idea of what an EMV card is.
   
   
9. PKI Card & Middle-Ware
   The third biggest smart card application, PKI, covers applications such as national ID systems, electronic identification, secured email and office applications, e-commerce and home banking. This session discusses certification authority, card, and PC and application requirements.
   
   
10. Loyalty Application
    This session discusses business cases, system architectures and typical system design considerations for smart card loyalty applications.
    
    
11. Prepaid Application
    This session discusses business cases, system architectures and typical system design considerations for smart card prepaid applications.
    
    
12. Electronic Purse Application
    Electronic purse applications involve multi-services prepaid cards, but consider completely different security systems. This session discusses business cases, system architectures and typical system design considerations for smart card electronic purse applications.

 
Mr. Tan Keng Boon
Chief Technical Officer

Mr. Tan Keng Boon joined the Group in October 1999 as its chief technical officer of Advanced Card Systems Ltd (ACS). He became an executive Director in October 2003. Mr. Tan is responsible for business development for existing and prospective customers of ACS. He has been involved actively in defining the product development road map of ACS. Mr. Tan worked for Gemplus Technologies Asia Pte Ltd. and De La Rue Systems Asia Pte Ltd. as their Technical Manager. Mr. Tan obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the National University of Singapore in 1983.

Mr. Andrew Chan
Product Development Manager, Software

During his five years in ACS, Andrew developed and enhanced a number of secure smart card operating systems, one of which sold millions of units to a few dozen countries, used in applications such as banking transactions, electronic purse, automatic fare collection, casinos and government digital certificate projects. Andrew was also a research and teaching assistant at the University of Toronto, in the areas of elliptical curve cryptology and information security. Andrew earned his Master of Applied Science degree in Cryptography, from the University of Toronto. He also holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree, with honours, in computer engineering from the University of Toronto.

Everyone is welcome to join the training. This training is important to all professionals wanting to get into the smart card industry or already in the smart card industry but has not been through a basic smart card training like this one.

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For inquiries and reservation, feel free to contact us at info@acs.com.hk.