idOnDemand announced availability of its Onsite Card Issuance feature. The service extends idOnDemand’s cloud solution enabling customers to issue fully compliant and globally trusted identity cards on their premises with minimal investment. The new feature is aimed at organizations that require immediate onsite production of credentials, as well as for remote offices to produce and […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a draft of FIPS 201-2, the revised smart card specification for government employees. Comments on the draft will be accepted through early April. The revised standard includes changes to biometrics and other authentication mechanisms for physical access control. PKI at the door has long been discussed as […]

In the latest edition of the Regarding ID podcast, Anna Fernezian, program manager for identity and assurance at CSC, fills listeners in on PIV-I, the smart card specification that can be used by non-federal issuers to create highly-secure credentials. Fernezian talks about the specification and why its important as well as the role it may […]

A draft of FIPS 201-2 has been released for public comment on the Federal Register. “The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes this notice to request comments on Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 201-2, Personal Identity Verification of Federal Employees and Contractors Standard. Draft FIPS 201-2 amends FIPS 201-1 and includes […]

The 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 […]

The Federal PKI Policy Authority has certified Symantec as an authorized vendor to issue PIV-Interoperable smart cards. Symantec officially earned its certification when policy authority voted to approve Symantec’s VeriSign Non-Federal SSP PKI for cross-certification with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority at the new PIV-I assurance level. The approval followed extensive policy compliance and interoperability […]

All federal agencies will have to come up with a plan to implement use cases for PIV credentials by the end of March, according to a memo released by the White House Office of Management and Budget. “Each agency is to develop and issue an implementation policy, by March 31, 2011, through which the agency […]

The January 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 the […]

EK Ekcessories has developed the NEW Patriot Card Holder for federal employee credentials. This revolutionary card holder has been designed to keep your government issued Common Access Card or smart card complying with FIPS 201 safe from unauthorized data skimming. The Patriot Card holder features a durable impact resistant composite and can hold two cards […]

By Steve Howard, vice president of credentials, CertiPath It took the U.S. Federal Government more than six years to get behind FIPS 201 and figure out how to make it real – but it’s finally here. The market is seeing millions of PIV cards and there’s a whole lot to get excited about. The overarching […]