Access Smart, LLC

Smartcard Industry White Papers:

Smartcard Introduction
http://www.access-smart.com/files/smartcard_white_paper.pdf
Over a billion cards have been issued, upgraded and replaced world wide.

Better Business Bureau Research
http://www.bbb.org/Alerts/article.asp?ID=651
New Research Shows Identity Fraud Growth Is Contained and Consumers Have More Control Than They Think

Calculate Your Password Strength
http://www.securitystats.com/tools/password.php
Is your password easy to guess and thereby steal?  Here is a handy calculator to evaluate your password strength.

Smart Card Alliance
http://www.smartcardalliance.org/alliance_activities/publications.cfm
The Smart Card Alliance makes available a variety of reports and publications to members and the general public to provide an industry resource for information on smart card markets and technology.

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse-Non-profit Consumer Information and Advocacy Organization
http://www.privacyrights.org/index.htm
Over 97 million data records of U.S. residents have been exposed due to security breaches since February 2005.

Identity Theft Spy- Theft Prevention and Security News
http://www.identitytheftspy.com/
Identity theft prevention news, views and tips by data security expert Pushpa Sathish