atsec information security, a laboratory for the GSA FIPS 201 Evaluation Program which runs a product approval program for PIV-related products, has announced the successful GSA FIPS 201 evaluation of four Codebench products. Codebench is the first company with solutions evaluated for GSA product categories Caching Status Proxy, PIV Authentication System, and CHUID Authentication System.

Codebench’s PIVCheck Plus Desktop Edition with PIVCheck Certificate Manager, PIVCheck Plus Mobile Edition with PIVCheck Certificate Manager and PIVCheck Desktop Edition (both the SCVP Client and PIV Authentication System) were tested and evaluated in atsec’s Austin, Texas lab.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010” aimed at improving cybersecurity research, development and technical standards.

The proposed law would create an office for a national coordinator for the networking and information technology research and development program. The law would also establish a program to develop and support identity management efforts.

SCM Microsystems Inc., a provider of solutions for secure access, identity and exchange, announced that its thumb-sized SCR3500 SmartFold Personal Identity Verification/Common Access Card smart card reader has been approved by the General Service Administration for use by U.S. government agencies and employees.

The SCR3500 SmartFold is ideal for mobile government employees that have notebooks without integrated card readers. It is small–only 48 x 20 x 12 millimeters when folded–portable contact smart card reader that will fit on an employees’ key rings and in their pockets.