--- title: "Publications Archives - Page 4 of 11 - Secure Technology Alliance" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/publications/page/4/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/publications/page/4/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Publications # Category: Publications ### Smart Card Technology and the FIDO Protocols Publication Date: April 2016 Click here to download the white paper. Today, the FIDO Alliance is working to provide simpler, stronger authentication to reduce reliance on usernames and passwords, which are susceptible to a wide range of attacks. Organizations implementing FIDO authentication standards should consider using smart card… ### Healthcare 2.0: A New Paradigm for a Secure and Streamlined Healthcare Industry Publication Date: April 2016 Click here to download the infographic. Healthcare spending losses to fraud and abuse total $272 billion a year, but no single part of the healthcare system is responsible. Each stage of healthcare has risks of fraud, errors, waste and… ### Reference Enterprise Architecture for Transit Open Payment System Publication Date:  March 2016 Click here to download the white paper. This Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council white paper describes a framework for a reference enterprise architecture for open payment in the public transportation space.  The framework provides a model for implementing a seamless fare payment system… ### Healthcare Identity Authentication and Payments Convergence: A Vision for the Healthcare Industry Publication Date: February 2016 Click here to download the white paper. The overall goal of a convergence vision for the healthcare industry is to leverage available technology components to add healthcare identity authentication applications to the existing payments infrastructure.  The Smart Card Alliance… ### Publication Date: December 2015 Click here to download the white paper. Near Field Communications (NFC) technology gets a lot of attention for its ability to enable contactless payments, but less known is that it also can be used to enable secure and convenient transactions in non-payments applications, such as marketing, identity, access, ticketing and gaming…. ### EMV and NFC: Complementary Technologies Enabling Secure Contactless Payments Publication Date: November 2015 Click here to download the white paper. As the U.S. migration to EMV chip payments continues, industry participants are thinking about preparing to process payments made using EMV contact chip cards, EMV contactless chip cards, mobile Near Field Communication (NFC) devices, or… ### The Benefits of Strong Authentication for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Publication Date: September 2015 Click here to download the document   This document was developed by the Smart Card Alliance Health and Human Services Council in response to the GAO report, “Potential Uses of Electronically Readable Cards for Beneficiaries and Providers.” Executive… ### EMV 101 for the Healthcare Industry Publication Date: September 2015 Click here to download the white paper. The payments industry in the United States is migrating to EMV chip technology, replacing the magnetic-stripe bank cards and point-of-sale (POS) terminals that have been in use for decades. EMV-compliant chip cards offer better security for card-present transactions… ### EMV and Parking Publication Date: May 2016 Click here to download the white paper. With the U.S. moving to EMV chip technology for more secure credit and debit card payments, parking industry stakeholders across the payments value chain recognize the need to learn about EMV to plan to migrate their infrastructure effectively. Now that the… ### Guide Specification for Architects and Engineers for Smart Card-based PACS Cards and Readers for Non-government PACS Publication Date: April 2015 Download the annotated version of the Guide Specification including commentary Download the Microsoft Word version of the Guide Specification Smart cards are increasingly accepted as the credential of choice for securely authenticating identity, determining appropriate... [ ** ](#)