engages in the design, development, and sale of hardware, software, and silicon solutions worldwide.
Its products enable people to access digital content and services, including content and services that have been protected through digital encryption.
The company sells products primarily in personal computer security, digital television, and flash media interface markets.
SCM provides smart card reader technology, which enables secure access to personal computers, networks, and physical facilities.
It also offers conditional access modules that provide secure decryption for digital pay-TV broadcasts, as well as provides digital media readers and application specific integrated circuits, which are used to transfer digital content to and from various flash media.
The company sells its products, primarily through direct sales force, distributors, value-added resellers, and systems integrators to digital TV operators and broadcasters, conditional access suppliers, government contractors, and systems integrators, as well as manufacturers of computers, computer components, consumer electronics, and photographic equipment.
SCM was founded by Robert Schneider in 1990 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
