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Audio from February 24 IAB meeting online now

Published Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Posted by FIPS 201 Administrator Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:40:00 GMT

IAB AudioThe February meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a list of audio and accompanying PowerPoint slides (in pdf format).

CoreStreet finalist for Info Security award

Published Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Posted by FIPS 201 Administrator Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:31:00 GMT

FIPS-201 F5 Solution, a CoreStreet Ltd. security system, has been announced as a finalist in the running for the 2010 Global Product Excellence award.

The award honors the product that shows excellence in the access solution category. CoreStreet, an ActivIdentity subsidiary, will be one of the primary industry players attending the Awards Event to take place on March 18.

Homeland Security behind on PIV issuance

Published Thursday, February 18, 2010

Posted by FIPS 201 Administrator Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:33:00 GMT

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is behind on PIV issuance, according to an inspector general’s report. Only 7% of Homeland Security employees have been issued the credentials, 15,567 out of 250,000.

The deadline for PIV issuance was October 2008, but agencies throughout government are behind, but the inspector general’s report takes Homeland Security to task for falling behind. The vast majority of credentials have been issued to employees at Homeland Security’s headquarters, with 11,875. But Customs and Border Protection, the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have issued 22 credentials between the three agencies.

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