ITPEC IP October 2019 Question 92
ITPEC IP October 2019 — Question 92 of 100
An IC card is generally harder to forge than a magnetic card because its chip can securely store data and perform cryptographic processing. Authentication and encryption make simple reading and duplication much more difficult than copying information from a conventional magnetic stripe.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- an IC card does not gain its security by recording data as a two-dimensional code
- magnetic-stripe data is comparatively easy to read and clone and lacks the chip's cryptographic capabilities
- a magnetic card does not use a barcode as its storage mechanism
Key rule: Smart-card chips can protect keys and perform secure authentication, while magnetic stripes mainly store static data.
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