Saflink has announced a partnership with identity management solutions provider ImageWare Systems, allowing Saflink’s SureAccess to integrate with ImageWare’s secure identification software development kit. Through the partnership, organizations such as ports and airports will be able to use both solutions to implement and manage custom credentialing systems. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

The Smart Card Alliance is sponsoring a live demonstration of an end-to-end FIPS 201 identity management system process during the ISC West 2006 conference in Las Vegas April 5-7. The demo will cover enrollment, registration, printing, issuance, activation and use of a PIV card. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

Lenel OpenCard Readers are now compliant with U.S. Government FIPS 201 Medium Level Assurance requirements, and also support backward compatibility with Lenel Prox cards, thanks to its private label OEM agreement that now allows XceedID multi-technology readers to be produced under the Lenel name. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

Our subscribers have gathered by now how rapidly the U.S. federal government is moving toward a common identification credential, driven by presidential mandate HSPD-12 and the resulting FIPS-201 guidance. We saw another example of the importance of this tasking when security system provider Lenel Systems and government contractor Lockheed Martin hosted an HSPD-12 related event […]

Dual track sessions covering Implementation and policy and technical top the Smart Card Alliance’s Fifth Smart Cards in Government conference April 18-20 in Arlington, Va. Some of the sessions will focus on HSPD-12, e-passports, the Registered Traveler program, the REAL ID Act, FIPS 201 compliance, dual interface cards, biometric templates, contactless interfaces, physical access control […]

HID has introduced a new dual reader that handles both prox and contactless, making it easier for existing customers to upgrade from their current 125 kHz prox technology to HID’s 13.56 MHZ iCLASS cards. The reader is expected to be available in the second quarter. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

An all-weather biometric smart card reader from Washington-based Saflink Corp. can harden security for both seaports and airports. It’s the first Saflink reader designed to meet NIST/FIPS 201 requirements and can be integrated with many existing physical access control systems. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

Sagem Morpho says it is seeking FIPS 201 certification on its JD-ID Mark 64 v.1 card with a PIV applet and its PIV Client API v.1 to meet the requirements of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

Five buildings and 148 doors at the Ohio campus on Wright Patterson AFB are now secured via a FIPS 201 compliant physical access control system. The solution, integrated by SMARTnet Inc., reads current Common Access Cards and will read next generation contactless cards. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

Biometric requirements for government IDs have been finalized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. As a part of the FIPS 201 standard, all agency ID cards will have to comply with Special Publication 800-76’s fingerprint and facial image storage procedures. According to NIST: “The Biometric Data Specification for Personal Identity Verification document enumerates […]