Experian and Symantec’s jointly developed two-factor credentialing system has received National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication SP 800-63-1 Level 3 Assurance.

The General Services Administration (GSA) Division of Identity Management evaluated the tool to determine its soundness and feasibility in accordance with the Special Publication’s electronic authentication guidelines. This formal review was mandated by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Interim Final Rule on Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances, which requires prescribers to obtain two-factor identity credentials from a GSA-approved provider.

Symantec has created the Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center, a cloud-based service for SSL certificate management and control.

Geared toward enterprises with large numbers of certificates, the center is designed to help companies proactively manage certificates from any Certificate Authority in order to reduce workload on IT staffs. It functions as a central repository and automated scanning service that provides certificate discovery across diverse networks.