The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded Entrust Inc. a four-year, $4.5 million contract to continue providing hosted PKI services and digital certificates as the security infrastructure for HSPD-12 initiatives. An incumbent in the re-compete proposal, Entrust has provided managed PKI solutions and services for the GSA’s credentialing program since 2007. Distributed through the GSA’s […]

HID Global and Sony Corp. announced a jointly developed contactless smart card reader platform that embeds secure access control capabilities and Near Field Communication (NFC) functionality into laptops and other mobile devices. The platform holds a secure element that stores cryptographic keys which secure the authenticity and integrity of user credentials. It supports widely used […]

idOnDemand announced that its idOnDemand SmartID card can be used to authenticate mobile devices for clientless secure logon to the Symantec Validation and ID Protection (VIP) Service. idOnDemand’s enterprise customers now can carry just one identity card to access multiple buildings, logon to their computers, remotely access the company VPN and securely access data from […]

Bedford, Mass.-based RSA announced that its SecurID can be integrated with the Microsoft Windows Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 (AD FS 2.0). This will enable organizations to provide secure user access to Office 365 cloud-based Web applications such as Microsoft Exchange technology. Many corporation’s have deployed critical services on the Windows Azure cloud platform. Microsoft […]

SafeNet Inc. announced the availability of KeySecure, a high-assurance Key Management Interoperability Platform (KMIP). The platform is a standards-based Enterprise Key Management (EKM) solution that enables organizations to centrally protect, manage and control data, keys and policies across an enterprise system using a pre-configured hardware appliance. SafeNet’s KeySecure is a hardware-based EKM platform, based on […]

Equifax is collaborating with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services to expand the HP cloud-based Assured Identity Plus solution with Equifax’s Identity offering, Anakam Identity Services. The integration of Anakam into HP’s Assured Identity Plus will make it possible for remote online identity proofing and tokenless authentication for federal Web sites. The effort combines Equifax and HP’s […]

The November 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 […]