The May 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 […]

Salvatore D’Agostino, CSCIP, IDmachines A major goal of HSPD-12 was to have an interoperable credential across logical and physical contexts for employees and contractors. The goal remains elusive. The GSA’s approved product list was developed to help meet this goal. Some changes need to take place to better achieve this. The approved product list consists […]

HID Global announced that the company’s pivCLASS readers and authentication systems have achieved compliance with the U.S. General Services Administration Evaluation Program for certifying that products meet FIPS 201 federal identity specifications. The products are the a solution that enables FIPS 201 compliance without having to replace existing access control systems and one of the […]

The April 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 […]

Key Source International announced GSA approval for it’s biometric keyboard and stand-alone biometric pod. KSI products are approved under FIPS 201 for Federal Employees and civilian contractors. The KSI-1700/GFFB biometric keyboard and the KSI-1008F biometric pod meet these requirements for FIPS 201. Marktron of Frederick, Md., whose primary focus is on OEM’s, systems integrators and […]

Thursby Software Systems, Inc. has released the PKard Reader, a touch Web browser solution for the iOS that includes secure authentication to a personal smart card. With the PKard Reader, users can access a Web portal, collaboration sites and e-mail through either an iPad or an iPhone. A combination plug-in card reader and two-factor authentication […]

HID Global, announced the availability of its pivCLASS Government Solutions portfolio, an product suite that enables the U.S. federal government, government contractors and other facilities to comply with federal identity mandates without having to replace their existing physical access control system (PACS). The pivCLASS family is designed to make it easy for agencies to meet […]

3M Cogent announced that the U.S. General Services Administration, in accordance with FIPS 201, has certified its MiY-ID Gov biometric access control reader as an approved biometric authentication system standard. At a high-level, the Biometric Authentication System performs: one-to-one biometric match, validation of the biometric signer’s certificate and interfacing with Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) […]

By Jill Jaracz, Contributing Editor, Avisian Publishing After a year of retooling its DC One Card program, DC officials are reconsidering the use of PIV-I and authentication of taxicab drivers, but they have added a school transit subsidy feature that all DC school children will use. 2011 saw a delay in the implementation of credit […]

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 […]