The HID MIFARE® DESFire® EV1 1456 Smart Card designed for diverse applications that demand high levels of security, including access control and biometric identification, cashless vending, public transportation, ticketing and customer loyalty cards. Designed to help organizations improve their credential-based security and maximize value from their credential investment by adding multiple applications, this secure smart card addresses emerging requirements for MIFARE DESFire EV1 smart card technology. MIFARE DESFire EV1 data can be encrypted with the highly secure Advanced Encryption Standard (AES 128) algorithm assuring that data in the card is secure before, during and after the transaction, as well as between folders and files within the credential itself.