Physically Securing SharePoint Access by Using Smartcards
The ultimate in secured infrastructures utilizes so-called smartcards for login access; these smartcards are fully supported in Windows Server. A smartcard is a credit card-sized piece of plastic with an encrypted microchip embedded within. Each user is assigned a unique smartcard and an associated PIN. Logging in to a workstation is as straightforward as inserting the smartcard into a smartcard reader and entering the PIN, which can be a combination of numbers and letters, similar to a password.
Security can be raised even higher by stipulating that each smartcard be removed after logging in to a console. In this scenario, users insert into the smartcard reader a smartcard physically ...
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