Classification of smart cards:
non-electronic cards: magnetic, emossed, classification of elctronic smart cards,
general properties of contactless cards,
general properties of contact cards,
security tokens,
optical cards, memory cards,
Hardware of smart cards:
microcontroller properties,
memory types, auxiliary units,
Data management: data encoding: ASN.1, compression, file management: file types, lifecycle, file operations, access
control,
Standard operations: master-slave architecture, ISO standard operations
Communication with smart cards:
ATR, APDU, Secure Messaging,
data transmission for contact cards: physical layer, T=0 protocol, T=1 protocol, USB, Single Wire Protocol,
contactless transmission: limitations of energy supply, inductive coupling, capacitive coupling, close coupling CCIC, proximity coupling,
type A communication, type B Communication,
SIM cards and security in telecommunication:
SIM and USIM, GSM authentication mechanisms, UMTS authentication mechanisms,