Tag Archive for 'PIV'

US budget mentions ICAM, credentialing

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From : DigitalIDNews 02-Feb-10 2:07:00 PM
Some 4.1 million federal employees, or 71%, have been issued PIV credentials, according to budget documents released by the Obama administration. HSPD-12 and the Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) Roadmap and Implementation Guidance also received mentions in the budget documents. A government insider says this points to how ingrained HSPD-12 and the credential are to federal employees.

SCM Microsystems Thumb-Sized PIV Card Reader Now GSA Approved for Use by U.S. Government Agencies

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From : PR Newswire 02-Feb-10 7:12:00 PM
SCM Microsystems, Inc., a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange, today announced that its thumb-sized SCR3500 SmartFold Personal Identity Verification (PIV)/Common Access Card (CAC) smart card reader has been approved by the General Service Administration (GSA) for use by U.S. government agencies and employees.

ActivIdentity Subsidiary CoreStreet to Showcase Innovative Converged Logical and Physical Access Control Solution at GSA Open House

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From : CoreStreet 21-Jan-10 11:27:00 PM
ActivIdentity Corporation , a global leader in strong authentication and credential management, today announced that CoreStreet Ltd., an ActivIdentity subsidiary, will showcase an innovative converged logical and physical access control solution at the General Services Administration (GSA) Open House on February 2, 2010. Funded in part by the GSA, CertiPath, the trusted credentialing authority for aviation, [...]

Seven more European countries select Dermalog

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From : Secure Document World 07-Jan-10 11:34:00 AM
Dermalog has announced that in 2009 seven more European countries decided to use the Dermalog ZF1 fingerprint scanners for registration of fingerprints in their new ePassports.

5 Tips for Managing IT and Physical Access

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From : TechNewsWorld 28-Dec-10 7:10:00 AM
How does your business' IT security system compare with its system for physical security? Criminals attack the weakest link, and at many organizations today, that is likely to be the front door -- literally. Here are five tips for a unified approach to securing physical and logical assets.

Proposed command set could ease interoperability

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From : DigitalIDNews 10-Dec-09 11:46:00 PM
Before the end of the year smart card vendors could have a standard card command set that enables interoperability between credentials without middleware.

Thoughts on smart cards in government, PKI PACS and FIPS 201-2

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From : DigitalIDNews 02-Dec-09 11:50:00 PM
The Smart Cards in Government conference was held in Washington and ran concurrently with the Interagency Advisory Board meeting.

Health agency execs explore network security boundaries, performance

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From : Government Health IT 20-Nov-09 4:51:00 AM
Federal agencies must meet a number of security requirements that private firms are not held to, a higher bar that could impede the performance of health agency networks, information technology executives told federal health IT policymakers yesterday.

Entrust PKI: The Unified Security Architecture for U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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From : Entrust 17-Nov-09 11:44:00 PM
Drawing on years of success securing various U.S. federal agencies and departments, Entrust, Inc., and their proven public key infrastructure technology, will now provide the unified security infrastructure for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components. This agreement helps DHS enable cost-savings, meet HSPD-12 requirements, encrypt communications and data, and deploy secure credentials for [...]

Identity, Trust and the Future of Government Information Systems

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From : Smart Card Alliance 29-Oct-09 11:25:00 PM
Identity and trust were the center of discussion at the 8th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference, taking place this week through October 30th at the Washington DC Convention Center. From healthcare to more efficient government information system development to Internet security, knowing with whom you are dealing and being able to authenticate their identity [...]