Part of the AVISIAN Publishing Expert Panel series to be published throughout December 2006 Tom Bell, Vice President Industry Relations, Blackboard, Inc. Campuses are changing. There is a great deal of public and legislative attention being paid to issues in Higher Ed. Cost control, spiraling tuition rates, higher levels of parent involvement and the ubiquitous […]

Part of the AVISIAN Publishing Expert Panel series to be published throughout December 2006 Gordon Hannah, Managing Director, Identity Management Solutions, BearingPoint October 27, 2006 marked the deadline for each department or agency within the Federal government’s executive branch to meet the requirements of Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12 and the Federal Information Processing Standard […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor A new generation of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC), the most prevalent identity smart card in the U.S., is about to hit the market. Just how many CACs have been issued since its inception in 2001? To put it in perspective, enough to provide one to […]

A selection of access control readers from HID’s iCLASS® contactless, multi-technology line have been certified by the GSA for FIPS 201 use. Included on the Approved Products List are the R10, R30, R40, RK40 and RP40 models as well as the OEM 150 module. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

VeriSign is helping the U.S. Department of Education meet HSPD-12 mandates by providing the agency with its integrated Personal Identification Verification Card Management System and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) solution which will enable quick deployment and faster compliance with the federal requirements. Read the full article SecureIDNews.com

Acquisition brings personalization to HID to “complete the identity management equation” By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor HID Global’s president and CEO, Denis Hébert, calls it “completing the equation.” That’s one way of looking at the company’s recent purchase of Fargo Electronics because it now gives the company a firmer hold on the complete credential management […]

Security provider Lenel Systems International has launched IdentityDefender, a commercial, off-the-shelf security solution that is FIPS-201 and HSPD-12 compliant. IdentityDefender’s modular design allows organizations to implement either a full end-to-end solution or individual components, as needed. Once an identity credential has been issued, IdentityDefender manages the life cycle of the credential for the existing physical […]

Credentialing the massive first responder community presents enormous challenges and opportunities. This was the theme of a recent Identity in Government breakfast meeting hosted by AVISIAN Publishing in Washington D.C. AVISIAN editor Chris Corum spoke with Department of Homeland Security’s Tony Cieri about the current effort to bring FIPS 201 technology to this important population. […]

Agencies migrating to PIV cards have a new option to continue support of their existing prox or others IDs during the transition using the Multi-Tech readers from XceedID. The company’s Mullion, Mid-Range and Keypad readers are now FIPS201 compliant and listed on the GSA’s Approved Products List for agency acquisition. Read the full article at […]

Products from Aware Biometrics have been added to the GSA approved list in five categories: Fingerprint Capture Station, Facial Image Capture Middleware, Facial Image Capture Station (Physical), Template Generator, and Template Matcher. Solutions for both live scan and card scan fingerprint capture are included. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com