ArmorShield®RFID blocking sleeves prevent skimming or unauthorized use of your card in several RFID applications. ArmorShield®is a Tyvek and foil based material. The Tyvek provides the durability and the foil provides the protection against unauthorized use of your card. Purchase In-Stock RFID Blocking Sleeves.

Information Packaging Corporation created the ArmorShield®Sleeve to respond to the increasing use of RFID chips in passports, enhanced driver licenses, credit/debit cards, and smart cards.

ArmorShield® is a proprietary material we developed to provide protection against unauthorized access and skimming of RFID cards. Thieves use cheap technology to ‘skim’ card information to obtain the cardholder name, card number and expiration date. They exploit the information to make unauthorized purchases online or by phone. The information can also be transferred to other cards for fraudulent use, or it may be sold on the black market.

The largest application of these cards are used for United States Federal and State government identification, Canadian government identification, bank cards, ID cards, and building access cards. Many states and provinces located along the U.S./Canadian border issue an Enhanced Driver’s License that requires RFID blocking protection. Without the protection of the ArmorShield® RFID blocking sleeve, skimming, unauthorized use or identity theft can happen while your card is still in your wallet. Some contactless card terminals can even read and charge your card from another checkout line.

ArmorShield® RFID blocking sleeves are designed to shield all contactless credit cards, passports, drivers licenses, ISO 14443A/B and EPC Gen1/Gen2 contactless smart cards; any contactless card that operates at 13.56 Mhz and above. The 13.56 Mhz interface is the one that typically contains personal data. Below is a list of the card types that are shielded or protected by our ArmorShield® RFID blocking sleeves.

The following cards are protected:

• Contactless credit cards
• Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDL) for Washington, Michigan, New York, Vermont and the Canadian Providences
• United States Passport Cards
• Transit cards like the Boston Charlie™ and DC Metro card
• TWIC™ (Transportation Worker Identification Credential)
• HID iClass, HID MIFARE®, HID FlexSmart, DESFire
• Indala FlexSmart
• Any card ISO 14443A/B or ISO 15693 compatible
• MIFARE® and DESFire compatible cards
• sQuid cards used in Europe
• Military CAC (Common Acess Cards)
• New Government PIV (Personal Identity Verification) cards like the Linc-Pass
• Long range RFID EPC Gen1/Gen2 cards

The following cards are not protected:

• Indala FlexISO, FLexCard, FLex Tag
• Older “prox” cards, HID 125 khz. Includes: ProxCard II, ISOProx II, DuoProx II, Smart ISOProx II, Smart DuoProxII, ProxCard Plus