Smart Cards - CES

Conclusions
Attacking Smart Cards
Any security system, including smart cards, is breakable.
However, there is usually an estimate for the cost required to
break the system, which should be much greater than the
value of the data being protected by the system.
Independent security labs test for common security attacks
on leading smart cards, and can usually provide an estimate
of the cost in equipment and expertise of breaking the
smartcard.
When choosing a smart card for an architecture, one can
ask the manufacturer for references to independent labs that
have done security testing.
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