Senture Security Solutions has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide TWIC deployment and enrollment services. Under the terms of the subcontract, Senture will establish enrollment centers within close proximity to maritime ports, where applicants will apply and enroll for their secure credential. Senture is a GSA-certified vendor for HSPD-12 Deployment Services under SIN 132-62. […]

Intercede has joined the Oracle Extended Identity Management Ecosystem allowing customer’s of both Intercede and Oracle to take advantage of the benefits provided by Intercede’s MyID identity credential management software integration to Oracle Identity Manager. This combination provides joint customers with a single solution that easily and effortlessly provisions user accounts into multiple systems and […]

ChosenSecurity announced they will offer its customers SafeNet Hardware Security Modules smart cards and iKey tokens to protect their PKI infrastructures. The deal comes at a time when ChosenSecurity is rapidly building its product line and partner ecosystem in order to provide thousands of customers worldwide with an expanded range of options for using PKI […]

As expected by many, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards are behind schedule. Most government agencies have missed the October 27 deadline to have background checks completed and smart ID credentials issued to all employees and contractors with 15 years or less of service. A shared service set up by the General Services Administration to help […]

Certicom’s Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology has been chosen by Texas Instruments (TI) to deliver enhanced security as part of the TI RF360 next-generation, smart integrated circuit (IC) platform for government-issued electronic identification (e-ID) documents. Implementing Certicom’s ECC technology, TI can ensure long-term compliance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP800-78 key […]

The November monthly meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was 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 […]

With the introduction of the V-Station (Optical), Bioscrypt has added SecuGen’s optical sensor technology to its line of readers for physical access control with a 500 DPI optical sensor. Bioscrypt’s patented fingerprint pattern matching algorithm and supporting firmware are the foundation for the identity verification performance of the new reader. The V-Station (Optical) can be […]

CRI has been named to Deloitte’s prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Virginia, a ranking of the fifty fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the state by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years […]

Common Credential Systems is offering a unique solution to help with a Physical Access Control upgrade called Common Pass™. Existing access control systems of virtually any model or type can be quickly up-graded to include almost 400,000 card capacity, FIPS 201 and other high-security PIV cards, mixed card formats, global Internet-based management and reporting with […]

Nortel Government Solutions has been approved by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) as a provider of integration services for personal identity verification (PIV) systems compliant with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HPSD-12). Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com.