If neither of those options interest you, we have other partners to choose from which support smart card (federal PIV cards) login such as OpenDomain Sphinx and Access Smart Power Logon for Windows PCs. For macOS, we offer PKard which offers the same document and email signing functionalities with logon authentication for PIV cards. Tx Systems offers ActivClient for Windows and Linux as a digital download, so you do not need to worry about installing via a physical DVD. Thanks to email signatures, it has the ability to prevent email attacks that come in the form of Phishing where the party on one end resembles the real person which would breed a false sense of trust. Thanks to this support, it easily can be integrated to an already established corporate infrastructure thereby saving time and increasing efficiency. To prevent an unauthorized party from using your name on other legal documents, you can use a middleware software such as HID’s ActivClient to setup document signing on Adobe Acrobat for PDF Files or Microsoft Outlook for emails. There can be a lot on the line especially if the payment is in millions of dollars. These contracts spell out important terms to lay out role expectations and payment procedures. Say, you own a business where you write many contracts to clients for your services. You can also use the HID OMNIKEY 3021 Smart Card Reader to prompt you before signing important documents. *FOR USING WITH e-IDs ISSUED BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS SUCH AS GERMANY AND ESTONIA, USE THE IDENTIV uTRUST SMARTFOLD SCR3500. (For more information on how to implement MFA (multi-factor authentication on your online accounts, take a look at our blog on multi-factor authentication.)) All of this is to ensure an extra layer of security to prevent a cybercriminal who has your account information from spending all your hard-earned savings. These banking readers are typically used with the dispersal of a one-time password (OTP) which is entered at your bank log-in page and are only prompted when altering account information or completing a new unique action for the first time. For example, an online bank named NatWest based in London actually implements these smart card readers into practice along with biometric authentication. This is quite common in the UK where banks hand out online banking card readers. Check with your specific bank for smart card support. The HID OMNIKEY 3021 Smart Card Reader complies with HBCI (Home Banking Computer Interface) meaning that it can be used for online banking. We know for a fact that you use the same passwords for multiple accounts! No judging…įurther yet, some online banks require the usage of a smart card reader to verify your identity before logging into your account. Thereby, you have a much more secure setup than relying on traditional passwords that can easily be cracked. Have a Windows laptop setup with a smart card login feature? Then you can use the OMNIKEY 3021 Smart Card Reader to verify your account credentials by inserting the smart card when prompted. The HID OMNIKEY 3021 Smart Card Reader is usable in many different situations where smart cards are needed. *THE HID OMNIKEY 3021 SMART CARD READER REPLACES THE OMNIKEY 3021 CARDMAN SMART CARD READER * What can I use the HID OMNIKEY 3021 Smart Card Reader for? All of this for a reasonable price in a portable case! The OMNIKEY 3021 is a contact-based smart card reader with the ability to read all major types of smart cards that follow the ISO 7816 protocol! It adheres to the GSA FIPS 201 standard making it CAC/PIV compliant for federal government employees such as FEMA PIV smart cards. Who is HID Global?įrom the Austin-based cybersecurity company with technology solutions used in more than 100 countries and 2 billion trackable objects, HID has created the OMNIKEY 3021 Smart Card Reader. Tx Systems knows a great deal about smart cards (ISO 7816 conforming) and their many variations such as government/federal PIV cards and those with PKI capabilities. So, you can rest assured that your data is secure for your business and home. We offer smart cards of all types conforming to ISO 7816, smart card readers, tags, tokens and all things NFC from trusted and respected manufacturers such as HID, Identiv and Identos. Tx Systems knows a thing or two about smart cards as we have been in the business since 1997 and have worked with some of the largest players (Fortune 500) in multiple verticals. You can rest assured that you will be up and running in no time flat and your problems will be miles away.

With an easy installation process thanks to wide driver support and support for the largest operating systems that all of us know such as Windows, MacOS and Linux. HID OMNIKEY 3021 USB 2.0 Contact Smart Card Reader

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