RockWest Technology Group, Intercede and Salamander Technologies created the “first accountability software compatible PIV Card for first responders” at the Summer Breeze exercise for the Federal Homeland Security Department’s National Capital Region Coordination (NCRC) Office. The new system included both smart card technology with FIPS 201 standards and an accountability compliant barcode. The PIV cards […]

InfoGard has achieved FIPS 201 General Services Administration Evaluation Program Lab Approval, making them the second IT security lab in the United States to provide Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12) evaluations for the GSA. This distinction will allow customers to achieve the certifications and approvals necessary to sell their respective FIPS 201 compliant IT products […]

CoreStreet’s PIVMAN System was recently used as an integral part of the July 19 Summer Breeze First Responder Authentication Credential (FRAC) usage demonstration co-hosted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of National Capital Region Coordination (NCRC) and Department of Defense (DoD) Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA). The demonstration […]

The United Space Alliance has selected Operational Research Consultants to implement an enterprise-wide Smart ID Badge solution in compliance with FIPS 201. The scope includes a cradle-to-grave turnkey solution from card request to card termination with potentially 15,000 personnel needing cards. The United Space Alliance selected ORC to provide and manage its PIV credentialing system […]

By David Benini, Aware, Inc. Following the publication of the FIPS 201 standard in 2005, a series of specifications evolved defining the functionality and interaction of the components that together make up a comprehensive biometrics-enabled credentialing system. The requirements set forth in FIPS 201 were divided among twenty product categories and three services that form […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected ImageWare Systems to provide the VA with large-scale, agencywide biometric identity management capabilities and enable the agency to produce Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials in support of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). This deployment is considered one of the largest to date. Read the full […]

A second lab has completed the requirements to be certified for FIPS 201 validation testing for the GSA’s Approved Products Listing (APL) program. InfoGard, based in San Luis Obispo, CA, joins Atlan Labs as the only currently-approved sources for companies wishing to have products or services added to the APL. Read the full article at […]

Palm, Inc. recently released a Common Access Card (CAC) solution for Palm® Treo™ smartphones running Windows Mobile® 5.0 with Direct Push Technology. Officially called the Smartphone Security Version 7 CAC Pack from Trust Digital™, the CAC Pack for Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphones addresses HSPD-12, which requires all federal agencies to implement a system of smartcards […]

The July monthly meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was held in Washington D.C. Your FIPS 201 Team 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 […]

MDI, Inc. has partnered with a leading Government Contractor, specializing in building automation solutions, to provide enterprise-wide security management solutions to a major Executive Departmental Agency within the United States. Under the Contractor’s agency blanket purchase agreement, MDI will provide “industry-leading” technology products and professional services for this high-security government engagement. The department is going […]