Mike Butler, program manager for the managed service office at the General Services Administration, was awarded the Champion’s Award from ACT Canada. This award was founded in 1997 and is presented to individuals who have had a significant impact in expanding advanced card technologies, says Catherine Johnston, president and CEO of the industry trade association. […]

It’s deadline day. More than four years ago HSPD-12 mandated that government agencies issue secure credentials to government employees on Oct. 27, 2008. While all government employees will not have the credentials by the end of business progress has been made, says Mike Butler, program manager for the managed service office at the General Services […]

Video from the event is also available at https://www.fips201.com/articles/2008/11/12/october-22-iab-meeting-video. The October 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 […]

The BridgePoint Physical Access Control System with “Trust at the Threshold PKI” is the first high-assurance FIPS 201 reader and PACS to implement digital certificate challenge and response and certificate validation for user authentication, says the company. The solution, which can be implemented in coordination with other vendor PACS or in a stand-alone mode, can […]

The HSPD-12 deadline is coming up on Oct. 27. With the deadline fast approaching Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talked to Karen Evans, administrator for electronic government and information technology with the White House Office of Management and Budget, about the project’s progress and what are the next steps with the credential. Download MP3. http://www.secureidnews.com/podcasts […]

CoreStreet has announced enhancements to the CoreStreet PIVMAN suite of products. Now available in its third version, the suite features expanded platform support and functionality for software, as well as a graphical dashboard reporting option for the management station. The PIVMAN product includes software for handhelds and PCs for both mobile and fixed command stations. […]

The Smart Card Alliance has released a white paper detailing best practices for issuing first responder credentials. “Emergency Response Official Credentials: An Approach to Attain Trust in Credentials across Multiple Jurisdictions for Disaster Response and Recovery” is designed to identify best practices and defines use cases for credentials based on the FIPS 201 standard, and […]

Hirsch Electronics, a supplier of physical access control systems, has signed a global distribution agreement with SCM Microsystems, a supplier of smart card readers, to provide SCM’s Physical Access Control Terminals series physical access readers to the open market. The SCM readers are designed specifically for Department of Defense sites. But with more agencies deploying […]

Datastrip, a developer of biometric technologies, Codebench, a developer of security software and AMAG Technology, a developer of security management technology, have partnered to create a simple way for agencies to validate credentials for PIV and TWIC at facilities already employing AMAG’s Symmetry Security Management System (SMS). The new system sees Datastrip’s DSV2 TURBO fingerprint […]