The most valuable asset of most organizations today is information.  It is common for organizations to make major investments in elaborate firewalls to keep intruders out of internal networks where confidential and valuable data is kept.  Many of those organizations still allow access to the network with nothing more than a password.  Passwords are easily compromised rendering even the most elaborate firewall useless.

Organizations today are looking for ways to provide stronger authentication than a simple password.  There are three factors typically used to authenticate an individual:

• Something you know (such as a password)
• Something you are (such as a fingerprint or other biometric)
• Something you have (such as a card or token)

Strong authentication solutions can require one, two or even three factors to authenticate somebody before allowing access to the network.  Using a smart card to store a dynamic password and/or a biometric stored on the card provides one of the strongest forms of authentication available.  By making the smart card also the employee ID card you insure that the card will be carried by the cardholder at all times while at the workplace.

Midwest Card offers complete solutions for issuing and managing a smart card based authentication and ID card.  We can help you select the most appropriate solution to meet your needs and help you define and implement a rollout plan.