Smart Card Solutions

Crescendo® is a series of highly secure smart cards designed to provide out-ofthe- box, standards-compliant support for thousands of logical access applications. Crescendo is an off the shelf solution, allowing HID to offer a much faster turn time and lower minimum order quantity compared to many contact smart card solutions. Also, because the cards are fully produced within HID Global, the ordering process is greatly simplified, eliminating the risk associated with working with multiple suppliers. Crescendo provides a strong authentication solution. Crescendo contains a contact chip module, based on the Java Card operating system, capable of performing advanced cryptographic operations. This allows the Crescendo card to store certificates for the purpose of public key infrastructure operations.