SECURITY FOR A CONNECTED WORLD

computer hardware and software, namely, smartcards to store information in electronic format; card readers; and computer software in the field of network I&A (identification and authentication) for outside access to the network, data encryption and decryption, identification of persons by stored images recorded on smartcards, password protection for access to networks, computer programs and computer files, and security for communications between network users and public networks such as the global communications network; and computer systems comprising such cards, such card readers, and computers loaded with such computer software; computer systems comprising smartcards to store information in electronic format; card readers; and computers loaded with computer software in the field of network I&A (identification and authentication) for outside access to the network, data encryption and decryption, identification of persons by stored images recorded on smartcards, password protection for access to networks, computer programs and computer files, and security for communications between network users and public networks such as the global computer network; computer hardware and software for use as a global computer network firewall that is used to protect user access from an untrusted network to a trusted network, using integrated authentication tokens for a challenge/response logon as well as encryption for files on desktop and laptop computers; smartcards to store information in electronic format; card readers; and computer software in the field of network I&A (identification and authetication) for outside access to the network, data encryption and decryption, identification of persons by stored images recorded on smartcards, password protection for access to networks, computer programs and computer files, and security for communications between network users and public networks such as the global communications network; a computer system that incorporates a smartcard, a smartcard reader and the software to insure the security of businesses, employees and computer networks, and to provide network security and access control, a data repository for emergency medical information and personnel data, systems integrity, and identification with digital photo images and fingerprints encoded in the smartcard