Feasibility Presentation

Green Team


October 16, 2006


Product: Customizable Credit
Card Protection (C
3

P)

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Organization Chart

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This family received food
stamps

www.co.kern.ca.us/dhs/images/0987.jpg

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This family received money from
FEMA

www.katrinapictures.blogspot.com/

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This family received both

http://www.spasearch.org/admin/images/fld_ma
in_photo/fld_main_photo_38.jpg

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What do these families have in
common?

•
All these families received Government
money

•
The first two used the money as intended

•
The third is guilty of spending government
money on things other than the intended
purpose

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FEMA Fraud

•
Hurricane Katrina
victims

–
900,000 of 2.5
Million aid applicants
were fraudulent
*

* http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11326973/

Obtained
funds
through
fraud
Obtained
funds
legally
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Problem Statement

Government organizations and private
businesses have inadequate protection
against unauthorized purchases by
authorized cardholders, which results in a
loss of funds.

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Problem Analysis

•

Out of a $2.5 trillion government budget
**

–

$14 billion was spent on private
purchases by employees

–
$2 billion was spent on unauthorized
purchases by employees
*


* Foiling credit card fraud by Jenny C. McCune • Bankrate.com

** http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/

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Problem Characteristics


•
Tracking physical receipts

–
Archaic

–
Inaccurate

–
Unreliable

–
Easy to lose

•
Employees produced 20% of all transaction
receipts
*

•
Cards can be stolen

•
Organization loses money

–
Money spent unwisely by an authorized user of
the card is not covered under fraud protection

* http://www.dallasnews.com

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Solution Characteristics

•
Prevention of lost corporate funds

–
Reduces personal, unwarranted spending

•
Biometrics

–
Prevents unauthorized use

•
Uses customizable database

–
Allows different business to have different
options

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C
3

Protection Card

•
So what is C
3
P?
–

Customizable Credit Card Protection



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Objectives

•
Develop a customizable credit card
system to prevent unauthorized purchases
by employees

–
Customizable database to hold prohibited
purchases

•
GUI to allow customization of database

–
Uses Merchant Commercial Codes (MCCs)

–
Use Universal Product Codes (UPCs)


•

Implement latest security technology for card
protection

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Features

•
Secure Credit card

–
128
-
bit DES encryption

–
Biometrics

•
Fingerprint

•
Photo ID

–
Allows customizable control over card’s use

–
Controlled by a user interface to each business’
personal database

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Customers

•
Hard Customers

-
Visa

-
MasterCard

-
Discover

-
American Express

•
Soft Customers

-
Every business that holds a business credit card

-
Caring and concerned parents who issue credit cards to
their children

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Customer Characteristics

•
Credit Card Companies

-
Spend millions each year on securing their credit cards*

-
Minors are Credit Card Company’s new target consumer
**

•
Credit Card Company’s Consumers

-
Small businesses report billions of dollars in losses through
embezzlement each year***

-
Parents are concerned with giving children control of a credit
card yet are even more concerned about giving a child real cash
**


* http://news.com.com/Retailers+feel+security+heat/2100
-
7349_3
-
5680788.html

** http://www.bankrate.com/fox/news/cc/20000508.asp

*** http://www.fbi.gov/publications/financial/fcs_report052005/fcs_report052005.htm

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Why does the customer need this?

•
Soft customer

–
Secure and efficient control of company funds

–
Reduced costs to prevent and lesson the effects of fraud

–
Parental control of children's spending

•
Hard Customer

–
Offer safer card services to credit users

–
Larger customer base

•
Increase of large, reliable customers

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Major Functional Component
Diagram

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RFID Card Specifications

•

An embedded antenna that is
attached to the chip is used to
transfer information stored in the
chip's memory

•

The range of operation is 2.5" to
3.9“

•

Information can be written to the
card the same way it is read.

•

The fingerprint scanner can be
added

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Software Features

•
Intuitive web
-
based GUI Interface

–
Able to customize MCCs and/or UPCs by
creating an ‘acceptance’ list

–
Able to analyze and graph employee
spending habits

•
Incoming UPCs and MCCS are compared
with an ‘acceptable’ database of allowed
codes


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Receipt Tracking

•
For each business, all employee
purchases are tracked and listed by
employee

•
Receipts will list accepted and rejected
purchases

•
Receipts can be grouped by purchaser,
date, and/or MCC

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Smart Card Setup

•
User account access information added to
smart card memory by C
3
P

•
1
st

user finger scan saves a three
-
dimensional electrical image of the
fingerprint's unique pattern using small
variations in finger surface capacitance.

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Authentication Process

Current Process

NEW Process

Vendor

must


take

the

credit


card

and

ID


from

customer

Then vendor must

authenticate the

customer by

judgment alone.

If the customer

matches the


identification, the

transaction is made.

Hold your thumb

over the fingerprint

scanner to prove

your identity.

If your fingerprint

matches, the Smart

Card & RFID chip

will be activated

Touch the card

to the card

reader and the

transaction will

be processed.

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Payment Process

Current Process

NEW Process

Vendor

swipes

your card at

the point
-
of
-
sale

register.

The data is sent


to a computer

to verify your

credit.

If you have

the funds, your

purchase is

allowed.

You

swipe your card at

the point
-
of
-
sale register.

Your data is sent to our

servers for verification.

Your data is then sent to

the credit servers to verify.

If your card is accepted

and your purchases are

valid, sale is complete.

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What’s In The Box


What’s in the Box?

Loading Station

What’s In The Box


What’s Not In The Box


IF
REQUESTED:

•
Authentication
code for website

•
Website URL
(holds database)

•
Requirements for
submission of
pictures and info

Credit card
customer
information

Computer with
Internet connection

Businesses

Credit Card Companies

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Flow of Information/Hardware

a. Request CC w/C
3
P

b1. Camera? How
many cards?

b2. Reply

e. Send camera (opt.)
& authentication code

f. Send photos

h. Send cards with CC
logo & photo ID

Business
accesses C
3
P
database online

c. Send notification of
request

d. Sell camera (opt.) &
authentication code

g. Sell cards with C
3
P
(RFID chip/C
3
P
logo/biometrics

C
3
P makes RFID
smart cards w/
biometrics

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What this product does not do

•
Provide point
-
of
-
sale RFID readers

•
Protect against blocking of authorized
purchases

–
Will mostly be a result of human error

–
Will decrease in occurrence as more
businesses use product

•
Provide credit for businesses


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Competition Matrix

MTU Purchasing

X

X

X

X

X

Government Credit

X

X

X

Food Stamps

X

X

X

X

X

X

Worldwide Purchasing

X

X

X

X

X

X

LeCarte Purchase

X

X

X

X

X

NASA SmartPay

X

X

X

Smart

X

C
3
P

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cards

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Cost (Soft Customer)

Components

Number Required

Price

Cost

Camera (optional)

1

$110.00

$110.00

Access to website

1

FREE

FREE

Authentication code (convenience
fee)

1

$10.00

$10.00

RFID smart card w/biometrics
*

1 per member

$20.00

$20.00/member

Total Cost (Max)

$120.00

+
$20.00/member

Total Cost (Min)

$10.00

+
$20.00/member

* http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P2716/30p16.asp&guid=

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Cost (Hard Customer)

Components

Number
Required

Price

Cost

Initial Training

1 day per store

$3,000.00

$3,000.00 per day per
company

Server
*
(incl. add’l
features)

1 (for C
3
P use
only)

$8,162.00

$8,162

RFID smart card printer

1 (for C
3
P use
only)

$4,000.00

$4,000.00

RFID smart cards

1 per member
(for C
3
P
manufacturing)

$15.00

$15.00/card

Total Cost for C
3
P

$12,162.00

+ 3,000/day of training

+ $15.00/card

* http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=pe1950
-
max&s=bsd

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Pros

•
Smart Card Technology

–
Quick

–
Uses Biometrics

•
Safe and Secure

•
Customizable

–
Spending limits

–
Tracks Items Bought

–
Tracks Vendors Bought From

•
More Efficient

–
Saves Time Spent On Accounting

•
Saves money

•
Keeps better records

–
Automatic record of exact item bought and vendor shopped at

–
Better information for routine audits

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Cons

•
Uses fingerprints

–
People are afraid of giving up such information

•
Solved with encryption and marketing

•
Vendors need RFID readers

–
Requires New Technology

•
Many vendors are getting scanners

–
7
-
11 is adding 5,600 RFID scanners this year
*

•
Accidental blocking of necessary purchases

–
Solved with training and research

•
24/7 Server/Website Maintenance

* mastercard.com

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Risk Probability/Impact Matrix

P

81
-
100%











r

o

61
-

80%











b

a

41
-

60%











b

i

21
-
40%

7



4

1, 2

l

i

1
-
20%




6


5



3

t

y



1

2

3

4

5

Impact: 1(Low)
-

5(high)

1

Access to credit card
info

2

Hardware malfunction

3

Cards are not delivered

4

Software Malfunction

5

Insulting to Employee

6

Employees won't give
up finger prints

7

UPC database is
unavailable

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Risks

Risk#

Risk Description

Mitigation Actions

1

Access to Personal Info from
Credit Card Companies

Encryption, policy of not
reading the information

2

Hardware Malfunction or Viruses

Out of our control

3

Cards are not delivered by
contracted company

Out of our control

4

Software Malfunction

Thorough testing and 24/7
support

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Risks

Risk#

Risk Description

Mitigation Actions

5

Insults Employee (can not be
trusted)

Marketing plan and training to
avoid insulting employees

6

Employees are reluctant to give
up fingerprints due to privacy
issues and fear of ‘Big Brother’

128
-
bit DES encryption, need of
access to the money by user

7

UPC Database is unavailable

Drop UPC solution from initial
launch and use only MCCs

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Return on Investment

•
Improves reputation of credit card company

•
Reduces loss of money due to unscrupulous
purchases

•
Saves time used to perform manual audits

•
Reduces fraud

•
Reduces the number of investigations required

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Conclusion

•

Regulates how funds are spent

•

Uses biometrics

–
Prevents the use or selling of stolen cards

•
Vendors, credit customers, and card companies will benefit

–
Vendors will get higher quantity and more efficient business

–
Credit customers are protected and have less wait
-
time in line

–
Card companies get to sell cards and RFID sensors to vendors
while increasing their number of users

•
C
3
P will revolutionize the credit system world wide

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Questions

At this time, we welcome any questions you
may have.

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References


•

DISD credit card oversight lax:


http://www.dallasnews.com

•

Picture 1:


www.co.kern.ca.us/dhs/images/0987.jpg

•

Picture 2:


www.katrinapictures.blogspot.com/

•

Picture 3:


http://www.spasearch.org/admin/images/fld_main_photo/fld_main_photo_38.jpg

•

FEMA Fraud, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11326973/

•
IEEE Feasibility Study on biometric credit cards:

http://www.ee.ucla.edu/faculty/papers/ingridv_TransCE_nov04.pdf#search=%2

2Portable%20Biometrics%22

•
Smart Card technology with localized, portable biometrics:


http://www.biometricassociates.com/smartcard.php

•
Open source smart card technology, both software and hardware:

•

http://www.smartcardalliance.org/industry_news/industry_news_item.cfm?ite


mID=1596


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References

•
Food stamp fraud:
http://www.frac.org/html/federal_food_programs/programs/fsp_faq.html#4

•
Food stamp info: http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/faqs.htm#9

•
Data on food stamp fraud:

(http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1972079,00.asp)

(http://www.foodstampfraud.org/)

(http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,1850300,00.asp)

•
FEMA Fraud data:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/13/katrina.fraud/index.html?section=cnn_topstories)

(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11326973/)

•
Lockout codes

http://www.admin.mtu.edu/acct/dept/pur/purchcard/lockout.htm

•
Info on why this is a problem:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/070206dnmetp
cards.192c71f.html

http://financialplan.about.com/od/studentsandmoney/a/TeenCreditCards.htm

•
Info on current program in place:

http://arc.publicdebt.treas.gov/DWP/fs/fscredcard.htm#1

•
Data and why this is needed
–

EPA’s complaint paper on current system!!!

http://www.epa.gov/oig/reports/1995/bankrep.htm#CHAPTER%204

•
How credit cards work: http://money.howstuffworks.com/credit
-
card2.htm

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Appendix A

Expert Testimony from Admiral Julius
Caesar from SAIC

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Expert Testimony
–

Current
Problems

•
Navy sailors are given credit cards for travel
because they do not have enough personal cash

–
Spending money in “Girly Bars”

–
Tabs in excess of $15,000

•
Private Business

–

Employee used company credit card to put $14,000
down payment on a house

–
Employee bought several $1,500 airline tickets, and
canceled the flight to collect the cash refund, which
he used to finance his private company

–
Employee bought $1,500 in thongs at Victoria Secret

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Expert Testimony
-

Current
Solutions

•
Only activating the credit card for the
duration of the travel

•
Background credit checks on employees
to be entrusted with company funds

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Expert Testimony
–

Loose ends left
by current solution

•
Can’t regulate purchases

•
Company liable for purchases

–
Employees can’t pay the company back

•
Must be taken to court

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Expert testimony
–

Time and
Money spent on problem

•
~$25,000 per division per year

•
20 Divisions

•
~$250,000 per year for this company

•
Credit card companies dropped the Navy
as a customer because of fraud problems

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Expert Testimony
-

Data

•
2002: 1.4 million Government Travel
Cards in use

–
$ 3.4 billion spent on purchases with these
cards

•
One man made $262,800 in charges on
13 Government Credit Cards

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Expert Testimony
–

On C
3
P

•
Target “high risk” employees

–
In the 18
-
25 year
-
old bracket

•
Don’t know how to use credit

–
Employees with bad credit

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Authentication
Methods
Secure
Inexpensive
No Memorization Required
High degree of fraud protection
No Human Verification Required
Ease of use
Ease of Implementation
Fingerprint







Photo ID




PIN




Password




Retinal Scan



Signature




Authentication

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Fingerprints

Advantages:


•
Relatively Mature
Technology

•
Low Cost

•
Highly Portable
Technology

Distinctiveness

High

Permanence

High

Collectibility

Medium

Performance

High

Acceptability

Medium

Potential for
Circumvention

Low

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Biometric Fingerprints

•
Finger Print Characteristics

–
Genetic and environmental factors

–
Never the same

–
Biometric image cannot be
reproduced

•
Finger Print Scanner

–
Capacitive Scanner

–
Electric Current


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Appendix B

Merchant Commercial Code (MCC)
–

A
specialized code that categorizes a store
based on what it sells (e.g. Target and Wal
-
Mart have the same MCC)

Universal Product Code (UPC)
–

A code that
designates a specific product, different for
every brand and variation of a product (Lay’s
and Pringle’s potato chips still have different
UPCs)