SAN DIEGO–ImageWare Systems, Inc., a leading developer and provider of identity management solutions, announced that the company has received Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201 certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), validating the company’s IWS Card Management System (CMS) and demonstrating its ability to provide PIV solutions that can be acquired individually or deployed as a complete interoperable solution.

In direct support of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), a directive mandating a common identification standard for all Federal government employees and contractors, ImageWare addresses the requirements for deploying a smart card solution through its comprehensive and scalable smart card lifecycle management solution designed to help Federal Government agencies implement a vendor neutral, biometrically-enabled PIV solution that meets stringent requirements for functionality and interoperability of PIV cards. The IWS CMS directly connects identity business process with PIV cards representing an individual’s identity via a secure, trusted credential. Agencies can now deploy the complete IWS CMS or leverage its certified middleware to ensure that the overall card management solution will remain scalable and interoperable while working with existing smart cards.

“This certification clears the way for sales of our interoperable IWS PIV Solution to both Federal government and private sector customers,” said Jim Miller, ImageWare’s chairman and CEO. “ImageWare’s commitment to providing end-to-end, open-architected technology that is standards based, ensures that our solutions are interoperable and scalable. This enables our government and private sector customers to easily deploy identity management and credentialing systems that comply with industry standards, support their growing environment and eliminate the burden of integrating various technologies from multiple vendors.”

ImageWare’s complete IWS PIV Solution includes several enterprise applications that provide a full-lifecycle implementation of the PIV-I business process, as well as the PIV-II card usage process. The NIST certified software component is used at key locations in the process model for card production and interaction with card usage scenarios. It directly connects identity management business process tools with PIV cards that act as portable tokens and represent an individual’s identity via a secure, trusted credential. For more information visit www.iwsinc.com.

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