Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

CoreStreet finalist for Info Security award

Monday, February 22, 2010

FIPS-201 F5 Solution, a CoreStreet Ltd. security system, has been announced as a finalist in the running for the 2010 Global Product Excellence award.

The award honors the product that shows excellence in the access solution category. CoreStreet, an ActivIdentity subsidiary, will be one of the primary industry players attending the Awards Event to take place on March 18.

The award looks for products that set the bar for other developments in security technologies. They recognize the CoreStreet FIPS-201 F5 Suite of products for advancing existing physical access control systems and making them functional.

Other features of the solution include credential compatibility for Personal Identity Verification cards, Common Access Cards, First Responder Authentication Credential cards and Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards.

Winners will be awarded at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on March 18. [end] 

Related Articles
Gemalto thinks 'BIG', wins BearingPoint innovation management award

Gemalto has won the BearingPoint innovation management award – the Agile Innovation Award – for its think tank initiative Business Innovation Garage (BIG).

BIG provides Gemalto’s 10,000 employees company-wide with a structured process to submit and manage any innovative ideas they have. Ideas covering range of fields – from communication, payment, transport, Internet access, and machine-to-machine application – are systematically challenged, audited, developed and eventually selectively turned into incubation cells.

read more »
Québec taps Datacard

Datacard Group announced a contract award from the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) to upgrade to the Datacard MXD Card Delivery System and MXi Envelope Insertion System for enhanced card delivery and mailing for its driver licenses and identification cards.

read more »
Codebench, S2 partner

Codebench Inc. and S2 Security Corp. announced that Codebench’s PIVCheck Plus software suite, a card validation, authentication, and registration solution for HSPD-12 compliance, now integrates with the S2 NetBox Extreme and Enterprise systems from S2 Security Corporation.

read more »
GSA implements cloud-based physical access system

The General Services Administration (GSA) has implemented its first cloud-based physical access system at the Neal Smith Federal Building in Des Moines, Iowa.

The GSA contracted with BridgePoint Systems to utilize its TrustAlert Physical Access Control Systems. BridgePoint partnered with EmbarkIT to install the system, which replaced the GSA’s 10-year-old legacy system. The system leverages the GSA’s Kansas City, Missouri-based WAN and remote IT infrastructure, which allows the building to shrink its carbon footprint.

read more »
Codebench, Hirsch integrate software

Codebench Inc. and Hirsch Identive announced the integration of Codebench’s PIVCheck Plus software with Hirsch Identive’s Velocity Management Software, which aims to provide federal government and commercial customers with a solution for identity validation, authentication and PACS registration using mobile handheld devices.

read more »
Fulcrum Biometrics awarded to innovation awards

Fulcrum Biometrics has been given two separate awards for innovation at the Cygnus Law Enforcement Group’s Innovation Awards in Chicago at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference.

read more »

Copyright © 2012, AVISIAN, Inc. All rights reserved.