NCJ Number
173116
Journal
Security Journal Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Dated: March 1998 Pages: 79-87
Date Published
1998
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This article describes a vehicle smartcard system and its possible uses for vehicle security.
Abstract
Smartcards in general have three types of application: as a source of authentication, as a store of data and as a store of value. Vehicle security is an application of the first type. A smartcard might be the critical component of a multi-point locking system to deter car theft, an immobilizer and at least one tracking system. However, owners may feel that the need for improved security does not justify the cost of a complex system; the smartcard must offer other possibilities. This article briefly describes the estimated cost range of a vehicle smartcard system and its possible uses in addition to security, and examines a few other high-technology and several low-technology measures. The article concludes that, mainly for commercial reasons, very little of a vehicle smartcard security system is likely to emerge as a viable solution to vehicle theft within the next 5 years and not all of it in the next 10 years. Tables, references