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 […]

Hirsch confirmed the award of a $3 million order from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which encompasses a base year plus four option-years. The order covers application software support and maintenance services for the IRS Enterprise Physical Access Control System being supplied by Hirsch and in the proves of being deployed at all IRS facilities. […]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report detailing the need for a new component in the federal program for employee eligibility E-Verify to combat high instances of fraud. The report specifies that the E-Verify program is vulnerable to employer fraud to help ineligible employees be passed off as legal citizens as well as […]

Match-on-card biometrics receives a lot of buzz because of its potential privacy-enhancing abilities. Precise Biometrics’ Michael Harris explains the technology as well as some of the benefits noting that there are more than 100 million national ID cards which use math-on-card in circulation as well as 60,000+ match-on-card credentials deployed within the U.S. Department of […]

HID Global announced that its parent company, ASSA ABLOY, has completed the acquisition of LaserCard Corporation. The LaserCard acquisition aims to strengthen HID Global’s market position in the government ID market, and expands its portfolio of identity authentication and government-issued credential solutions. LaserCard’s expertise ranges from secure card design and manufacture to issuance system implementation […]

Select Israeli citizens deemed to not be a threat to American homeland security and willing to submit biometric and biographical data will be allowed to partake in the U.S. expedited traveler security clearance program Global Entry, according to a Ynet News article. The decision, which was made jointly by the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the […]

By Jess May, Global Identity Practice Lead for the U.S. Government Sector, HP National Identity smart cards and identity systems are not a new phenomena. Several countries including Bulgaria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Spain use smart cards for their national identity cards. At least 10 countries are currently testing, introducing legislation or have […]

All federal agencies will have to come up with a plan to implement use cases for PIV credentials by the end of March, according to a memo released by the White House Office of Management and Budget. “Each agency is to develop and issue an implementation policy, by March 31, 2011, through which the agency […]

Codebench Inc. announced that it has integrated its PIVCheck Plus software with the Pinnacle access control software from Sielox, offering federal agencies and other organizations a compliant HSPD-12 solution. Codebench’s PIVCheck software suite provides a transition to HSPD-12 or FIPS-201 compliance by leveraging a facility’s physical access control system for card validation, authentication and registration. […]

The Smart Card Alliance has issued some guidance for organizations wanting to issue PIV-I credentials. As states, corporations and other organizations look to secure logical and physical access many are looking at what the federal government has done. Two publications from the federal government can help groups get started: Personal Identity Verification Interoperability (PIV-I) for […]