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Middleware for Smartcards

So that you can permanently use multi-factor authentication with smartcards

How to manage smartcards in a secure and cost-efficient manner, independent of a manufacturer


Multi-factor authentication is an important part of any IT security concept. However, the investment put into identification measures, such as smartcards or tokens, is quite significant and often binds companies to a specific manufacturer for many years.

Charismathics SmartCard Middleware — by DriveLock supports more than 100 smartcards and tokens. This ensures cost-effectiveness and flexibility of use. 

All Windows components are fully WHQL-certified — so they run even inside memory-integrity-protected (HVCI) processes — while broad platform support spans Windows, macOS, the most popular Linux distributions and ChromeOS. 

All Charismathics SmartCard Middleware features at a glance
Multi-Vendor Support & Independence

Our middleware supports cards from all common smartcard providers and allows you to be independent of the manufacturer. (>100 smartcards)

Multi-platform support in diverse environments

Charismathics SmartCard Middleware is available on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS operating systems.

Legacy Card Support

Simplify legacy card migration from all major vendors with a single middleware solution.

Application Support

Our SmartCard Middleware supports a wide range of applications through standard interfaces, including Windows CAPI, CNG and PKCS11 — plus the Certificate Provider API on ChromeOS. 

SmartCard middleware ensures strict multi-factor authentication

Charismathics SmartCard Middleware simplifies the management of smartcard authentication. 
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It enables the secure storage and use of digital certificates as well as the associated keys on:

  • a smartcard

  • a USB token

  • any PC/SC compatible device (virtual card, cloud key storage, etc.)

The middleware manages the interface to the card. It can be integrated into the operating system or application of the computer using a standard application programming interface such as Microsoft® Crypto API / CNG under Windows and PKCS11 under Windows, Mac and Linux.

Every enterprise-level solution should achieve this standard - fast, mature and comprehensive.

Sophisticated

DriveLock has more than 20 years of experience in providing middleware for some of the largest enterprise smartcard projects in the world. As a result, the middleware is a mature, reliable and fully functional solution that is specifically tailored to your business requirements.


Comprehensive

Charismathics SmartCard Middleware fully supports Windows Enterprise CA and all common card management systems. It can be configured to meet all the necessary security requirements of specific projects, including PIN management, caching and pass-through processes, certificate de-registration, certificate expiration notification and many other corporate features.


Fast

In addition, the middleware operates as fast as lightning. No more waiting for certificates to load and transactions to complete. Typical applications include a user login to a Windows domain, TLS server authentication, smartcard redirection for remote desktop and VDI, S/MIME email encryption and signing, BitLocker data encryption, and other applications that use digital certificates. 

Native smart card support on ChromeOS

On ChromeOS, the middleware ships as a browser extension implementing Google's Certificate Provider API. Developed in cooperation with Google, it is the recommended way to integrate smart cards into ChromeOS environments — with no additional client software required. The extension is whitelisted for ChromeOS OS-level login and fully supported in managed (enterprise) deployments.

Get it on the Chrome Web Store →

Contact

Do you have any enquiries about Charismathics SmartCard Middleware?

Write to us - we will be happy to answer your questions.
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