SecureIDNews | SSP competition heats as vendors align to issue certificates for new PIV cards

Friday, June 9, 2006

By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor The Oct. 27 deadline is right around the corner, and federal agencies are scrambling to implement smart cards to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12. But for Shared Services Providers who provide the Public Key Infrastructure (or digital certificates) for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards, the game has only just begun.

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