BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
The August issue of the BlackBerry Connection had a note about the new "BlackBerry Smart Card Reader" but then didn't really go on to talk about it at all (maybe I need to read the HTML version of the newsletter or something). Anyway, you can read all about it here. In short, it :
...is a lightweight, wearable smart card reader that enables controlled access to BlackBerry devices using Bluetooth® technology and advanced AES-256 encryption.If you download the brochure (available here), you can see the form factor. Effectively it looks like another BlackBerry which accepts a small card, much like your credit card, which then gives you access to sensitive information / destinations which are available via your BlackBerry (which is good since one of the success stories mentioned in the newsletter is ChoicePoint (read the PDF story), I'm not sure I would have highlighted them as a client given some of their recent 'issues'). Seems like a good idea given that a BlackBerry associated with a BlackBerry Enterprise Server is effectively always inside the firewall.
Any one else have any opinion on it?
September 04, 2005 in News by ajohnson
Comments
This is also probably geared to the Government model. At least for the DOD with thier PKI cards this could be utilized probably out of the box. - Steve
Posted by: Steve Holden on September 5, 2005 2:15 PM