The EduCard System is a highly secure, scalable and cost-effective solution for the academic environment. EduCard is a highly secure student identification card with the following standard capabilities: • Biometric authentication • Logical Access control • Stored Value • Student web portal The features and functionality of the EduCard Systems can be configured to fit current needs, along with having the ability to easily expand as future needs change and/or additional functions are desired.

1. Presents
Smartcards in Education
Adding Convenience, Multiplying Benefits
to Students, Parents and Educators

2. SmartCards are credit-card sized cards that are
imbedded with an ICU (Chip) that holds varying
amounts of memory.
What is a SmartCard?
In essence they are
miniature computers
capable of running
programs as well as
storing data.
Kayla Rimpici
Grade 5
Cornwall Middle School
Mrs. Quinn – Room 105
Early Dismissal
Pick up – No Bus

3. • Contactless smart cards only
require close proximity to a reader
(typically within a few inches) to
enable the transmission of data,
commands and card status using
RFID technology. Both the reader
and the card have an internal
antenna that securely
communicates with each other.
Contactless technology is ideal
for larger universities and
school districts tasked with
moving thousands of people
through their facilities each day.
Contact or Contactless?
• Contact smart cards must be
inserted into a smart card reader to
establish a direct contact between
the reader and the smart card
surface. This physical contact
permits the transmission of data,
commands and card status.

4. The education market presents a unique opportunity to explore
the possibilities of what the CSS Education Smartcard system,
“the EduCard”, can do. Just as students benefit by becoming
well versed in a multitude of subjects, so too does the EduCard
truly shine while performing multiple applications with one card.
Education Applications

5. Schools are tasked not only with educating their students but
also with providing them with a safe environment conducive to
learning.
The EduCard provides a secure way to identify and authenticate
students, alumni, visitors, educators, and other staff.
The EduCard is not only a picture ID showing proof of
enrollment or employment, but provides biometric authentication
and a wealth of other features and benefits for students, alumni,
parents, administrators and educators.
•Physical Access
Secure Identification
•Web Portal
•Healthcare
•Stored Value
•Logical Access

6. Fingerprint Scans offer an even higher level of security
Biometric Authentication System

7. With our patent-pending Picture-on-
Chip technology, a physical picture is
not only on the face of the card but is
encoded into the chip itself.
Even if someone alters the picture on
the card, the true picture will appear
on a monitor as soon as the card is
accessed in a reader. This added layer
of security ensures identity verification.
Quick and easy to create, use it for
both students and staff!
Know Your People

8. • Grant access only to specific
buildings, dormitories, floors,
and rooms
• Grant access based on time of
day – cards deny access after
school hours
• Track how often students use
facilities and services
• Great for students, teachers
and other employees
Physical Access
Ensure that only authorized personnel have access to
your schools.

9. One of the greatest tools in twenty-first century education is the easy
access to information. With this access comes the responsibility to
keep the information content and age-appropriate. CSS Education
Cards keep an automatic log of all users on the school’s network to
ensure proper authorization before accessing any information.
Logical Access
• Grant secure and
authorized logins to school
and University computers
and networks
• Grant access based on age,
grade, time of day or any
other criteria you wish
• Provide secure remote
access for class
registrations – streamline
your operations
• Verify student use
for lab assignments

10. • The EduCard is the only card a student
needs while attending your educational
institution.
• Use the EduCard to pay for meals,
books, uniforms, parking and other
incidentals.
• Expand the school network to include
local businesses and restaurants so that
their goods and services can be paid with
the EduCard as well.
• Grant parental control to determine how
much money is available for use.
Stored
Value
Account
Stored Value

11. • Co-Branding opportunities with
retail chains and local stores
• Report Data back to local
businesses regarding purchasing
habits
• Schools can earn a percentage of
each transaction processed. This
new revenue stream encourages
growth and helps the program pay
for itself.
Return on Investment

12. Ambulatory information
•Primary Care Physician
•Immunization Records
•Medications
•Allergies
•Existing conditions
Personal Information
•Name/address/phone
•Emergency contacts
•Insurance Policy information
•Even patient wishes
Health Care
The EduCard acts as a true portable health record for the safety
and convenience of your students and staff. It is a highly secure
and HIPAA compliant identification card that holds:

13. CSS provides each institution with a personalized, secure internet
web portal where students, parents and school personnel can
access the information contained on their EduCard.
CSS realizes that the EduCard is a tool that must provide benefits
to every party who comes into contact with it.
School Administrators:
• Streamline
Registration
• Generate reports
regarding facility and
network usage
• Track co-branding
opportunities and
revenue streams
• Add/modify access to
buildings and network
assets
• Send news to all
cardholders and parents
Alumni:
• Receive and send
newsletters
• Collect and pay for
alumni dues
• Marketing – offer new
services to your member
base including portable
health record information.
• Access to school intranet
and other school facilities.
• Buy tickets to school
events.
Parents:
• Enter student’s
personal and medical
information
• Add/restrict stored
value account balances
• Change back-end credit
card information
• Run reports showing
what, where, and when
funds were spent.
• Get school alerts
• Track your child’s
grades and progress.
Students:
• Check their
transcripts and
schedules
• Register for classes
• Check stored value
account balances
• Buy supplies from
the school online stores
• Follow links to
school websites and
research sites
• Gain secure access
to school intranet
Web Portal

14. “Students are not the only ones learning something new in
high schools today. Growing numbers of high school
administrators are turning to smart cards to improve
security and reduce vandalism and intrusions on
campuses. The cards also make it more convenient for
students to gain access to equipment, charge cafeteria
meals and even buy prom tickets.
Many schools already have photo ID systems in place, so
integrating smart cards is a logical progression for
students and administrators. The process can be simple
and successful.”
-- American School & University Magazine
September 2005
A Smart Move

15. Whenever the CSS EduCard is
written to or changed in any way,
it runs a program that seeks out
an Internet connection. Upon
access, it forms a highly secure,
encrypted tunnel into the CSS
Data Center or your local server
(your choice) where it saves a copy
of those changes and a creates a
record of who made them.
How Does It Work?

16. Our goal at Inter-Card Biometrics is to enable our clients to
receive the maximum benefits of smartcard technology. CSS
works very closely with its clients to understand their business
processes in order to thoroughly assess their needs.
Secure ID Stored Value
Biometrics &
Picture-on-Chip
Credit / Debit
Capabilities
Pick from a Menu of Services
CSS’s Modular Approach to
Smartcard Solutions
• Implement Solutions in Less Time
and for Less Money
• Changes are Made Quickly
Make changes and add new functions
without the need for card re-issuance
Event Tracking Physical &
Logical Access
Real Time
Information
Contact &
Contactless
Cards
A Unique Approach

17. Add fingerprint
scans for added
security!
How Safe Is It?
All data stored on the card is also stored
in a duplicate record on the backend
servers allowing for quick and easy
replacement of lost or stolen cards.
Each card has a 16-bit identifier.
Replacing a card gives that record a
new number and the lost or stolen card
number is now being actively sought by
the system. If the lost card is ever
placed in a reader on the network, the
system will recognize that it has been
replaced and send a “spike” or erase
command and render the card
unusable.

18. Readers go everywhere
access is needed.
Classrooms, labs, offices,
dormitories, stadiums and
sports arenas, even local
stores can all get readers.
To be a part the network to
access the EduCard, all you
need is a computer, a
reader and internet access.
Get information
from anywhere
in the world!
Where Do You Put Readers?

19. CSS uses state of the art technology like
biometrics, smart cards, and both land and
satellite based internet in new and innovative ways
to enable Educational Institutions, Governments,
and private businesses to address the security
concerns today’s world presents as well as to offer
tools to help build strong communities and bright
futures while providing quantifiable proof of the
success of those efforts.
Who is CSS?
Identifying Hope. Qualifying Actions. Quantifying Success.

20. For more information please
contact:
Mark Bushée +1-845-849-4467
mbushee@competech.com
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and the EduCard