Smart cards for PHR

Smart cards for PHR " What is a smart card?
The smart card, an intelligent token, is a credit card sized plastic card embedded with an integrated circuit chip. It provides not only memory capacity, but computational capabilities as well. The self-containment of a smart card makes it resistant to attack, as it does not need to depend upon potentially vulnerable external resources. Because of this characteristic, smart cards are often used in different applications which require strong security protection and authentication. ePassport™ protects against a full range of security threats from sophisticated system breaches to careless storage of user passwords. The card provides tamper-proof record storage and user authentication-acting as a critical component of system security for the exchange of data throughout virtually any type of network."