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Security Device Durability & Reliability

Digital ID card

Improving security, minimizing risk

Exponent's materials engineers and computer scientists can help ensure your RFID-equipped security devices like credit cards, IDs, smart cards, and access badges meet government standards and stand up to real-world abuse.

How do you make RFID security devices more durable and more secure?

Radio frequency identification (RFID) chips are being used in more devices than ever before. Exponent's team of materials scientists, electrical engineers, and computer scientists can help you ensure your RFID-equipped security devices can stand up to everyday use in the field. Our multidisciplinary team offers capabilities in card and smart card technologies that can support a broad range of industries, including banking, gaming, healthcare, hospitality, retail, travel and entertainment, and vending, as well as government agencies. We offer compliance evaluation and testing for FIPS201, ISO, ANSI, ICAO, and other standards for identification systems and devices. 

Physical and Digital RFID Security Testing

Our security devices experts use state-of-the-art equipment to test the physical and digital security of RFID devices, attempting to penetrate card security using side channels, fault injection attacks, and encryption exploits. Using these methods, Exponent security experts can test RFID chip-hacking countermeasures and systems.

Failure Analysis and Testing

Our security device experts can analyze card test methods and operating environments, program risk mitigation, and evaluate and develop new methods for non-destructive failure analysis of smart cards, including high resolution real-time X-ray imaging. We also offer ISO- and ANSI-compliant testing services.

What Can We Help You Solve?

Exponent's materials experts, electrical engineers, and computer scientists have experience evaluating and testing a wide variety of RFID devices and systems for durability and security.

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