Innovation

Smart Cards were first invented in the 1970’s with broad adoption due to the EMV (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) standard in 1994. As a result of biometrics and other encryption standards being adopted, Smart cards have become ubiquitous around the world used for everything from banking, ID cards, electronic passports and physical access. Over the last 20 years, smart card innovation has stalled as access controls for digital information & infrastructure have become increasingly important within cyber security.

Smart cards require geo-location management, biometrics, communication, compliance and messaging: all of these capabilities now lie in one simple system, the Chrome Roads Digital ID badge. 

Requirements

Legacy Smart Cards lack the features & capabilities built into the Chrome Roads offering. Compliance, high levels of security, ruggedness, biometrics and value are features that existing smart cards lack and smart phones simply aren’t capable of. Cyber security begins at access control: with Chrome Roads users have the ability to properly manage access to physical infrastructure as well as digital resources.

Capability	Legacy ID Badges	Smartphones	Chrome Roads Card
Device Regulatory Compliance: HIPPA, GDPR	No	No	Yes
Government & High Security Environments	Yes	App	Yes
Allowed in Banned Areas: Factories, Warehouses	No	No	Yes
Physical & IT Logical Access Control	No	App	Yes
Biometrically Protected	No	Yes	Yes
Enterprise Cost	App	$$$$	$

Data Breach Prevention

As a fundamental concept of cybersecurity, Chrome Roads is leading the innovation for protecting sensitive information, compliance standards and maintaining physical and digital operations.