SAWS ADVANTAGES:

Hardware Authentication is safer than the simple username/password.
It may even replace the password.
A specified workstation may be imposed, or total mobility may be allowed.
The level of security may be adapted to suit the risk.
Immediate return on investment in terms of image and transaction cost
for the provider of the service.
A cost-effective solution which is easily installed on existing applications, without
requiring infrastructure modification nor hardware fleet management.
Scalable to any processing capacity.
Invisible on the workstation, no software installation required.
Cross-platform (Windows, MAC-OS, Linux, Symbian…).

This solution is intended for anyone providing an online service such as:

Banking
Auctions
E-Commerce
Payments
Subscriptions
… all services for which one wishes to authenticate the user.