Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Intercede releases updated software

Monday, February 14, 2011

Intercede announced that its MyID PIV version 9, the latest version of the identity and credential management software, has been released. The software is targeted at government and corporate users who are required to meet the latest Personal Identification Verification (PIV) and PIV-Interoperable standards.

Intercede MyID v9 provides a path to compliance with the latest standards and policies, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Special Publication 800 73-3 and Secure Hash Algorithm-256.


Over recent months, Intercede MyID PIV v9 has been installed and tested pre-release with several customers, including: a managed service provider, a U.S. government integrator and a aerospace and defense contractor.

Intercede PIV v9 is available for immediate purchase. It incorporates important new capabilities that open new market opportunities for global customers who wish to exploit FIPS 201/PIV standards for identity and credentialing projects. [end] 

Intercede has announced the release of Service Pack 1 for its biometric identity and credential management system MyID PIV v9.

The upgrades included in the new service pack are bringing Personal Identification Verification (PIV), PIV-I and PIV-C credential issuance into one system. Additional upgrades in the service pack are aimed at reducing time and costs involved in help desk functions by improving card expiration date control, policy control, offline unlock, self-service PIN reset and reinstating and re-provisioning of cards all from the system GUI.  

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The Republic of Latvia, located in the Baltic Region of Northern Europe, is setting up a new infrastructure for the issue and verification of electronic identification documents.

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Codebench Inc. announced that Intercede, a provider of identity and credential management software, has integrated its MyID system with Codebench’s IDSync software development kit to make MyID compatible with more than 25 different physical access control systems. The addition of the IDSync SDK eliminates the need for Intercede to write its own interfaces for a range of physical access control systems.

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The April 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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