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• ACS's eH880 Secure Smart Card Terminal is awarded the 2009 Hong Kong Awards for Industries

  Hong Kong Awards for Industries, 18 Jan 2010

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/in-the-press/
• ACS - Elevating in Spirit & Innovation, Well Prepared & Raring to Go

  Cards Tech & Security, May 2010 Interviewee: Mr. Kawing Tsui, GM of ACS China

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/in-the-press/
• Tackling Security Theft In Online Banking

  CardsNow!Asia, Sep/Oct 2010 Author: Mr. Gilbert Leung, Sales Director

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/in-the-press/
• ACS Selected for "Forbes Asia's Best Under a Billion"

  Bloomberg, 10 Dec 2014

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/in-the-press/
• What is the accuracy of the fingerprint scanner?

  Fingerprint scanning technology today is roughly equivalent to a four-digit PIN, i.e. a false acceptance in the range of 1 in 10,000.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/frequently-asked-questions/4/smart-card-fingerprint-readers/
• In Internet Explorer, how to request certificate in Thawte?

  Creating an Account Before you can request a personal certificate in Thawte, you have to first create an account. To create an account in Thawte: Follow url: https://www.thawte.com/cgi/enroll/personal/step1.exe Click Next. Select Charset and Fill in the Form. Click Next. Fill in your ID and email address (e.g. [email protected]) Click Next. Enter a password two times. Click Next. Enter Phone Number. Answer 5 Questions. Click Next. Confirm your Information. Click Next. Wait for the Email from Thawte. Click on url in the confirmation email. Enter the Probe and Ping Information from the Email. Click Next. The Account Setup is completed. Click Next. Requesting Cerficate(s) To request for Personal Digital Certificate(s) from Thawte: Follow the Link https://www.thawte.com/cgi/personal/cert/contents.exe using your Internet Explorer web browser. When prompted for a username and password, input your e-mail and password that you have registered from the steps above. Click "request a certificate". (Figure 1). Figure 1: Click "request a certificate" Click "request" (Figure 2). Figure 2: Click the "request" button. A pop-up box should appear (Figure 3 ). Since you are in Internet Explorer, choose "Microsoft Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express". You can also request a certificate for "Lotus Notes R5" if you have installed Lotus Notes. Figure 3: Choose the appropriate certificate and Click "request" Click "request" and then click "next" on the "configure certificate name" page. The "configure email addresses for certificate" page will appear. Choose the e-mail in which you would like to include in your certificate and then click next Click "next" on the "configure extranet capabilities for certificate" page, and then click "accept" on the "configure X.509v3 certificate extensions" page. On the "generate certificate public key" page, select "Advanced Card Systems CSP vX.x" in the drop-down box (Figure 4). If the said selection is not in the list, make sure that you have successfully installed the ACOS5 SDK or the CryptoMate Client Kit.Figure 4: Choose "Advanced Card Systems CSP vX.x" If a Smart Card Selection Dialog UI appears (Figure 5) with a status text of "The card is being shared by another process." Then make sure to close Firefox, Thunderbird and/or Admin Tool. Do this to all applications that has access to the card/token until the status text becomes "The card is available for use." (Figure 6). Then Click OK on the Smart Card Selection Dialog. If no Smart Card Selection Dialog UI pops up you may skip this step and follow the next step.Figure 5: There is an application sharing the deviceFigure 6: The card/token can now be us The ACS' CSP PIN Dialog UI will pop-up (Figure 7). Input the PIN then click "OK".Figure 7: ACS' CSP PIN Dialog Box Wait while the device generates the keys for you. If the operation was successful, a "confirm certificate request" page will be shown. Click the "finish" button on the bottom of this page. A "personal certificate requested" page will pop-up. Wait for an e-mail confirming how and where to pick-up the certificate. Usually the Subject of this e-mail is "Thawte Personal Cert Issued". If the confirmation e-mail does not arrive in 2 hours, then go to the Alternative way of picking up your certificate(s). Once the e-mail has arrived follow the link given in the e-mail. Click on Install Your Cert. If a Smart Card Selection Dialog UI pops-up, follow Step 10. If a Message Box with the title "Certificate Installation Complete" pops-up, Click OK. Alternative Way of picking up your Certificate(s) If the E-mail confirmation from Thawte didn't arrive within 2 hours, then follow this link: https://www.thawte.com/cgi/personal/cert/status.exe Figure 8: Check the status of your requested cert Click the "MSIE " link (if the cert is requested in Firefox this will be Navigator ). You will now see a Certificate Summary page. At the bottom of the page click the "fetch" button and follow the instructions in the "install your MSIE/Navigator certificate" page. Click on Install Your Cert button. Click on Yes to allow the cert to be installed. Click Yes again. Your Certificate is now installed. Click OK.  

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/frequently-asked-questions/1/smart-cards-smart-card-os/
• In Internet Explorer, how to request certificate in VeriSign?

  To request certificate in VerSign using Internet Explorer, you can follow the steps below: Go to https://digitalid.verisign.com/client/class1MS.htm Fill out your First Name, Last Name, E-mail Address and Challenge Phrase. You can either choose to buy or request a free certificate (Figure 9). Figure 9: Choose between a Free or a Full-Service Certificate Depending on the choice you filled out in Step 3, you can specify the Billing Information for full-service certificates. On the other hand, if you chose to request a free certificate, then you can skip the Billing Information section and go through the "Select Cryptographic Service" section (see Next Step). Choose "Advanced Card Systems CSP vX.x" in the drop-down box (Figure 10). If you cannot see the "Advanced Card Systems CSP vX.x" make sure you have properly installed the ACOS5 SDK/CryptoMate Client Kit. Figure 10: Choose ACS' CSP in the drop down box. Click the "Accept" button at the bottom of the page. If a Smart Card Selection Dialog UI appears (Figure 5) with a status text of "The card is being shared by another process.", make sure to close Firefox, Thunderbird and/or Admin Tool, do this to all applications that has access to the card/token until the status text becomes "The card is available for use." (Figure 6). Then Click OK on the Smart Card Selection Dialog. If no Smart Card Selection Dialog UI pops up you can skip this step and follow the next step. The ACS' CSP PIN Dialog UI will pop-up (Figure 7). Type in the PIN and click "OK". If the key generation process is successful, you will see a confirmation page for the next instruction (Figure 11). If the page is not the one below, then go back to the previous page and make sure you have filled out all the required fields. Figure 11: Next step in Verisign Certificate Request. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you provided in Step 2. Wait for the E-Mail confirmation from VeriSign. Follow the steps that are described in the e-mail confirmation from VeriSign. You should now be in the "VeriSign's secure Digital ID Center" web page (Figure 12). Figure 12: Verisign Digital Certificate Pick-up Center. Copy the Digital ID PIN from the confirmation e-mail and paste it in the provided textbox found in the web page. Click the "Submit" button. You should now be able to see an "Install Digital ID" page. Click the "INSTALL" button at the bottom of the page. If a Smart Card Selection Dialog UI pops-up, follow Step 7. When prompted for a PIN. Enter the card/token's PIN in the PIN Dialog Box. If the Certificate Installation is successful, you will be transferred to a "Certificate Installation and Registration Page". (Figure 13). Figure 13: Verisign Certificate Installation and Registration Page.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/frequently-asked-questions/1/smart-cards-smart-card-os/
• In Mozilla Firefox, how to request certiciate in VeriSign?

  To request certificate in Versign using Mozilla Firefox you can follow the steps below: Go to https://digitalid.verisign.com/client/class1Netscape.htm. Fill out your First Name, Last Name, E-mail Address and Challenge Phrase. You can either choose to buy or request a free certificate (Figure 9). Figure 9: Choose between a Free or a Full-Service Certificate Depending on the choice you filled out in Step 3, you can specify the Billing Information for full-service certificates. On the other hand, if you chose to request a free certificate, then you can skip the Billing Information section and go through the "Encryption Strength" section (see Next Step). Select which encryption strength you prefer (Figure 10). Figure 10: Choose between medium grade or high grade encryption strength. Click the "Accept" button at the bottom of the page. Click "OK" if a confirmation box appears. If a "Choose Token Dialog" box appears, choose which token/card to put the requested certificate into. The token/card are represented in the drop-down box as the Token Name that your card/token is associated with. (Figure 5). Do not choose "Software Security Device" as this will not save your keys/certificate in the card/token. If you cannot see your card/token name then make sure that you have installed the pkcs module in Mozilla Firefox. Click "OK" on the "Choose Token Dialog" box. A Password input box will appear. Enter the card/token PIN here (Figure 6). Wait while the key generation is in progress (Figure 7). If the key generation process was successful, then you should see a confirmation page for the next instruction (Figure 11). If the page is not the one below, then go back to the previous page and make sure you have filled out all the required fields. Figure 11: Next step in Verisign Certificate Request. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you provided in Step 2. Wait for the E-Mail confirmation from verisign. Follow the steps that are described in the e-mail confirmation from Verisign. You should now be in the "VeriSign's secure Digital ID Center" web page (Figure 12). Figure 12: Verisign Certificate Pick-up. Copy the Digital ID PIN from the confirmation e-mail and paste it in the provided textbox found in the web page. Click the "Submit" button. Submit your PIN if Firefox requested. You should now be able to see a confirmation box if you have successfully installed your digital certificate in the card/token. Figure 13: Verisign Certificate installation.  

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/frequently-asked-questions/1/smart-cards-smart-card-os/
• In MS Outlook/Outlook Express, how to encrypt e-mails?

  Encrypted e-mail adds another security featurEncrypted e-mail adds another security feature because it prevents a third party entity to see the actual content of the e-mail, and it also protects sending of e-mail message thru an unsecure medium (e.g. a compromised wireless network). Take note that you can't just encrypt any e-mail that you want to send. You also have to make sure that your recipients can decrypt the encrypted email you have just sent. That means that Encrypting an e-mail message with your own Digital Certificates and sending it out to your intended recipients will be useless, since you are the only one that can decrypt the e-mail that you have just sent. Your recipients cannot decrypt your email and thus would not be able to read it. This also means that people who wants to send This also means that people who wants to send you an encrypted email should have a copy of your public key. The public key is the one needed to encrypt emails that people want to send to you. If you want to send your recipients a copy of your certificate then all you have to do is send a signed email. On the other hand if you have received a signed On the other hand if you received a signed email, you can also reply to that email and have it encrypted. When this happens you can follow the steps below to reply and encrypt a signed message: (for the sample purposes, the sender and the recipient below are the same) Once you recieve a signed e-mail and you want your reply to that email encrypted just click the "Encrypt Message" icon on the upper right panel (Figure 10) Figure 10: Encrypting your email reply. Once you send your encrypted reply to your recipient, you may be prompted for the card/token PIN (Figure 11). Figure 11: Enter your card/token PIN. Now if your the recipient and you have just Now if you are the recipient and you received an encrypted email, you should be seeing something like the one below (Figure 12). Figure 12: An encrypted email. Notice the padlock icon, this indicates that the email is encrypted Upon Double-Clicking the message you will be Upon Double-Clicking the message you will be prompted for your card/token PIN. Key-in your PIN in the PIN dialog box. You can now see the email together with a blue icon that indicates the email is encrypted (Figure 13) Figure 13: A decrypted email. When you click the blue padlock icon on the When you click the blue padlock icon on the right, a "Message Security Properties" dialog box (Figure 14) will be displayed. Figure 14: Message Security Properties

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• In Thunderbird, how to encrypt e-mails?

  Encrypted e-mail adds another security feature because it prevents a third party entity to see the actual content of the e-mail and it also protects sending of e-mail message thru an unsecure medium (e.g. a compromised wireless network). Take note that you can't just encrypt any e-mail that you want to send. You also have to make sure that your recipients can decrypt the encrypted email you have just sent. This means that Encrypting an e-mail message with your own Digital Certificates and sending it out to your intended recipients will be useless, since you are the only one that can decrypt the e-mail that you have just sent. Your recipients cannot decrypt your email and thus would not be able to read it. This also means that people who want to send you an encrypted email should have a copy of your public key. The public key is the one needed to encrypt emails that people want to send to you. If you want to send your recipients a copy of your certificate, all you have to do is send a signed email to them. On the other hand if you have received a signed email, then you can also reply to that email and have it encrypted. When this happens you can follow the steps below to reply and encrypt a signed message: (for the sample purposes, the sender and the recipient below are the same). Once you have recieve a signed e-mail and you want your reply to that email encrypted just click the "Security" icon on the main panel then Select "Encrypt This Message" (Figure 8). Figure 8: Sending an encrypted reply email. When sending your reply email, a "Master Password" prompt will appear (similar to Figure 2), enter your card/token PIN. When you (or your) recipient(s) recieved your encrypted email, they will be prompted for the card/token PIN. Once you have entered your card/token PIN, the encrypted email should look similar with the one below (Figure 9). Figure 9: An encrypted and signed Email, as viewed in Thunderbird. If the encrypted email does not look similar to the one above, check the steps discussed here. When the envelope/padlock icon is clicked, you should see the Message Security information (Figure 10). Figure 10: Email Message Security information.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/frequently-asked-questions/1/smart-cards-smart-card-os/