CONVERGED SMART CARD FOR IDENTITY ASSURANCE SOLUTIONS

Crescendo® SeriesSmart Cards

Crescendo® is a series of highly secure smart cards designed to provide out-of-the-box, standards-compliant support for a variety of logical access applications. Using a Crescendo card, organizations can rely on an effective solution to protect sensitive IT resources and manage the secure identities of end users.

Crescendo is a multi-technology card delivered as a credit card-sized smart card that enables logical and physical access control, also serving as an employee ID badge.

The Crescendo product family delivers a solution for VPNs access as an alternative to one time password (OTP) tokens, and cloud based applications when deployed with HID’s ActivID® 4TRESS®. The cards support document and email digital signature and can be used to protect critical data during transmission between trusted parties or for data at-rest (e.g., encrypt files, emails or hard drives). Crescendo provides a strong authentication solution.Crescendo contains a contact chip module, based on the Java Card operating system that supports multi-applications and is capable of performing advanced cryptographic operations. This allows the Crescendo card to securely store a variety of objects (such as X.509 certificates and asymmetric

Crescendo is the proven smart card solution for a combined logical and physical access control solution.

cryptographic keys for public key operations and symmetric keys, as well as demographic and personal information from end users).

Secure solution for RFID deploymentsTo meet the needs of current physical access control customers, the card can be customized with the “physical access control” technologies you can choose from HID iCLASS®, iCLASS SE®, MIFARE®, MIFARE DESFire® EV1, HID or Indala® proximity, and other combinations through multi-technology Crescendo cards. The cards offer a variety of combinations of contactless technologies embedded in a single card.

Compatible with SIO (Secure Identity Object™) for contactless interface, Crescendo fully leverages the multi-layer security model introduced by HID's SIO as part of the iCLASS SE platform. This model provides increases data confidentiality and authentication for enhanced security in your access control deployment.

Crescendo is an off the shelf solution, allowing HID to offer a much faster turn around 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® smart

cards allow me to

cost-effectively and

easily deploy a wide

range of logical

access solutions.”

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Crescendo® supports a wide variety of applications

Crescendo® smart cards provide a number of functions offered by legacy smart card solutions, but are faster to implement, easier to use, less expensive to deploy in HID Global’s or third-party products (secure client software and card management system) as well as in Microsoft® Windows® environments. A powerful solution for controlling access to data, Crescendo smart cards enable a variety of data security applications.

Windows® domain log-onTo support strong authentication utilizing PKI, Crescendo cards support two-factor (PIN + Card) log-on to your PC.

Secure network accessCrescendo cards implement the necessary cryptographic services for file and server remote access via VPN (using one time password or PKI) as well as secure web access for accessing SSL-protected web sites. They also support Wireless LAN authentication.

Single sign-onUse your Crescendo card to log-on to a variety of applications with a single credential. This reduces the need for a variety of usernames and passwords.

Pre-boot AuthenticationCrescendo enables users to protect PC access at the BIOS level, ensuring a trusted environment prior to PC log-in.

Email encryption and signingUse Crescendo to encrypt and sign sensitive communications, and ensure that you’re dealing with a trusted source by verifying sender’s certificate.

Disk and file encryptionUsing Crescendo allows you to simplify encrypting sensitive information for storage or transfer. You can protect a single file or an entire disk with a wide range of data security applications.

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OS SupportWindows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8

Yes (32 & 64 bit)

Yes (32 & 64 bit)

Yes (32 & 64 bit)

Yes (32 & 64 bit)

Windows Server 2003 / 2008 / 2008 R2 / 2012

Yes (32 & 64 bit)

Yes (32 & 64 bit)

Yes (32 & 64 bit)

Yes (32 & 64 bit)

Other platforms (such as Mac OS, Linux)

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Standards SupportISO 7816 Part 1-4 Part 1-3 Part 1-3 Part 1-3

PCSC / CCID Yes Yes Yes Yes

CryptoAPI / MSCAPI Yes Yes Yes Yes

Microsoft Base CSP No

Yes (Windows XP / Server 2003 and higher)

Yes (Windows XP / Server 2003 and higher)

Yes

PKCS #11 Yes Yes Yes Yes

PKI X.509 Certificates Yes Yes Yes Yes

FIPS201 (CIV) No Yes Yes (optional) No

Contact Smart ChipJava Card OS v2.2.2 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Global Platform Specification 2.1.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Max number of Digital Certificates 21 (1024) or 15 (2048) 1

Up to 16* (depending the profile in

use)

9 (1024 or 2048)

One Time Password No No Yes Yes

EEPROM Storage (KB) 64 80 80 80

EEPROM Retention (years) 20 20 20 20

FIPS140-2 (chip and OS) No Yes No No

Common Criteria (chip EAL 5+) Yes Yes Yes Yes

Contactless TechnologiesHID iCLASS Yes Yes Yes Yes

HID iCLASS SE Yes Yes Yes Yes

MIFARE Classic Yes Yes Yes Yes

MIFARE DESFire EV1 Yes Yes Yes Yes

HID & Indala Prox and Magnetic2 Stripe Yes Yes Yes Yes

Multi-technologies with HID iCLASS Yes Yes Yes Yes

Other Options Available on Request No Yes Yes Yes

1 Maximum number of certificates2 The Magnetic stripe is ABA standard 3 track, high coercivity (4000 Oe), ISO

7811-6 compliant.3 Requires Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP4 The Crescendo C1150 has completed the Microsoft certification program for

smart card minidrivers based on the v7 specifications

Choosing a smart card for logical access has never been easier or more economical!

CRESCENDO® SERIES SMART CARDS

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Microsoft® ApplicationsWindows® Domain Log-On Yes Yes Yes Yes

Remote Desktop / RDP Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes3

Microsoft® Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Yes No No Yes

Outlook 2003 & 2010 Yes No Yes Yes

Encrypted File System Yes No Yes Yes

Internet Explorer (8 and version onward) Yes No Yes Yes

Windows® Certificate Authority (>2003) Yes No Yes Yes

HID Global ApplicationsActivClient v6.2 and higher No Yes Yes Yes

ActivID CMS 4.2 and higher No No Yes No

ActivID CMS Appliance No Yes No No

4TRESS AAA No No Yes Yes

4TRESS Authentication Server No No Yes No

naviGO 3.0 Yes No Yes Yes

Other ApplicationsSingle Sign-On Yes Yes Yes Yes

Pre-Boot Authentication Yes Yes Yes Yes

Firefox® , Netscape® Yes Yes Yes Yes

VPN (SSL / IPSEC) Yes Yes Yes Yes

CitrixTM Yes Yes Yes Yes

Smart Card Management Utility Yes Yes Yes Yes

WarrantyYears 5 5 5 5

Issue Crescendo® Smart Cards Conveniently and Securely!

Use Crescendo® cards to enhance corporate identity and brand recognitionNo one wants to wear or present a plain, boring, unattractive badge. This card represents the user’s personal image as well as the corporate image. Incorporate visual features such as a photo ID, name, or department color code to visibly identify individuals. High resolution printing and special inks are all available for your card design. A well-designed card demonstrates your company’s commitment to security.

Use Anti-counterfeiting features on the outside of your crescendo smart cardsEnhance the security on the outside of your card. Holograms have been required by MasterCard® and Visa® for years. Passports, immigration cards, and currency also use holograms and other anti-counterfeiting features. Anti-counterfeiting options include: Surface Holograms Embedded Holograms Micro-Fine Text Guilloche Images Holographic Overlaminates Optically Variable Inks Ultra-Violet and Infrared Fluorescing Inks

Use HID’s Secure Identity Services™ to create your new badgesEconomically create new badges that incorporate the technologies you need with the graphics and anti-counterfeiting features you choose.

HID’s Secure Identity Services: Can create your ID badge layout; no in-

house graphics capabilities or equipment is required.

Can use an existing photo ID database to create new, personalized ID badges.

Eliminates costs associated with cards destroyed or disfigured during the badging process.

Reduces overall costs associated with ID badge production. Wear and tear on in-house badge production equipment is minimized.

Enables the security department to manage security, not ID badge production.

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