Digital Certificates/Signatures
Device to device authentication and secure online transactions are a little bit harder to achieve, particularly if the customer is not already known, qualified and trusted by the merchant.
In this new era of corporate compliance and policy enforcement, it is best to cover all bases when it comes to security.
So to ensure a device is really what it says it is then digital certificates come into use. Two vendors who are well established in electronic transactions, secure communications, encryption and authentication are Verisign and RSA. These security vendors also have a range of tokens and associated software available.
| Vendor |
Fujitsu |
| Web |
www.fujitsu.com/au |
| Phone |
02 9776 4555 |
| Technology |
Notebook with biometric fingerprint scanner |
| Model |
Fujitsu S-Series Lifebook |
| Price |
AU$3999 |
| |
| Interoperability |
 |
| Good feature set, multi-format memory card reader is a plus. |
| Futureproofing |
 ½ |
| Fingerprint recogniton, good HD capacity. No Gigabit LAN.
Small screen. |
| ROI |
 |
| A little bit more expensive but it’s light and well
featured. Performance was not too bad. |
| Service |
 ½ |
| 1-year international (optional 2 years extended local warranty). |
| Rating |
 |
|
| Vendor |
HP |
| Web |
www.hp.com.au |
| Phone |
132 347 |
| Technology |
Notebook with smart card reader, PDA with biometric fingerprint
scanner |
| Model |
NC6220 & iPAQ H5550 |
| Price |
From AU$2795 |
| |
| Interoperability |
|
| Very neat, compact, yet sturdy notebook based on the new Intel
"Sonoma" chip set. |
| Futureproofing |
½ |
| This notebook has all the bells and whistles, including DVD
burner, SD memory card reader, as well as a smart card subsystem. |
| ROI |
|
| Very well priced for the latest technology with a decent amount
of features. |
| Service |
|
| 3-year on site. |
| Rating |
½ |
|
You should have included in your testing the CAT (Cellular Authentication Token) by Mega AS Ltd (www.megaas.co.nz).
The is the best Authentication (cost/performance) available today.