Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Video online from FIPS 201 First Responder Credential meeting

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

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. Check out the video of the lively discussion here.

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