NASA’s Office of Inspector General released a report stating that the agency didn’t fully comply with federal regulations for the issuance of PIV credentials. As of January, NASA had issued more than 70,000 credentials to staff and contractors, more than 98% of the PIV cards NASA planned to issue. The problem is the credential issuer […]

Senture Security Solutions LLC, a security solutions integrator, and CoreStreet, the provider of credential validation solutions, announced they will team up to deploy national security programs for both the maritime and transportation industries, as well as the defense, homeland security and emergency management markets. With more than 10 years of smart card and biometrics experience, […]

In a pilot program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has begun taking biometric samples from visitors of the country as they are leaving. The pilot is setup at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport where they are collecting fingerprints from the non-U.S. citizens. While collection of biometric information from visitors […]

The Cyberspace Policy Review, requested by President Barack Obama, says one step that could be taken to improve the security of the Internet is identity management. “We cannot improve cybersecurity without improving authentication, and identity management is not just about authenticating people,” the report states. “Authentication mechanisms also can help ensure that online transactions only […]

A policy in Indiana, Arkansas, Nevada and Virginia has been adopted that requires its citizens not smile in their driver license photo, according to a My Fox Atlanta article. The reasoning behind the new policies is that these four states have also adopted facial recognition software that utilizes the pictures taken for driver licenses, but […]

DAP Technologies’ Guard System handheld computer played a role in FEMA’s Office of National Capital Region Coordination’s (NCRC) “Spring Ahead” demonstration last week. DAP’s Guard System is able to verify a range of credentials and was used to validate federal agency-issued FIPS 201-compliant and state/local government-issued FIPS 201-interoperable credentials during the simulated all-hazards events. DAP’s […]

CGN & Associates Inc., a business consulting firm, provided program management for the State of Illinois FIPS 201 Interoperable Secure Credentialing Project. Last week the State of Illinois participated in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of National Capital Region Coordination (NCRC)’s, Spring Ahead, a Federal and Mutual Aid multi-jurisdictional electronic validation demonstration leveraging […]