Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

ActivIdentity: Strong authentication is key to single sign-on

Monday, April 12, 2010
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At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Torsten George, vice president of worldwide marketing for ActivIdentity, discussed the company’s philosophy for merging token/certificate-based authentication with single sign-on.

“The market needs to shift,” says George. “You have to use password management in conjunction with strong authentication.” To that end, he announced ActivIdentity’s offer for customers to purchase the strong authentication solution SA and get single sign-on free.

He details the December 2009 acquisition of CoreStreet noting that both companies serve many of the same customers so it is truly complementary.

CoreStreet brings distributed validation solutions to the ActivIdentity product portfolio, explains George. ActivIdentity has long focused on online authentication services, while CoreStreet’s OCSP products add offline capabilities for remote locations and applications.

The December 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 list of audio and accompanying PowerPoint slides (in pdf format).

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A variant of malware called Sykipot is circulating that purportedly enables it to hijack U.S. Defense Department Common Access Cards and Windows smart cards, according to Alien Vault Labs. This variant, which appears to have been put together in March 2011, has been seen in dozens of attack samples from the past year.

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Multicard, a unit of Identive Group that supplies credential, identity management and system integration services, has signed a contract with global consumer products company Henkel to provide a global multi-function identity credential service card to Henkel employees.

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AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the winter 2011 issue of Regarding ID.

The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front of you.

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AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the fall 2011 issue of Regarding ID.

The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front of you.

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Tools4ever has released the latest version of its single sign-on solution, E-SSOM, with new features including support for two-factor authentication and integration with access card systems.

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