Access control provider Hirsch Electronics has named Corey McKinney, formerly with BearingPoint, as its senior system specialist to help Hirsch customers comply with HSPD-12, FIPS 201, PIV and the Federal Information Security Management Act regulations. McKinney, a Certified Information System Security Professional, was with BearingPoint’s Identity Management Solutions Group, where he helped develop one of […]

AssureSign LLC, a provider of electronic signature technology, released the latest offering of its AssureSign product, AssureSign v2.0.2. This new release offers a new features and options that enhance the management of the application as well as the customer experience when signing documents electronically. Some of the new offerings include: Certified Signature: AssureSign v2.0.2 introduces […]

By Guy Vancollie, Chief Marketing Officer, CoreStreet Since enterprises first looked at implementing smart card-based common access card programs in the 1990s, there have been many changes. Although some major companies have successfully deployed such programs, smart card-based identity solutions never have penetrated the enterprise market. Looking back, it is clear that a lack of […]

Entrust Inc. has been selected to supply the certificate authority software for Finland’s migration to second-generation electronic passports based on the Extended Access Control (EAC) standard. With the European Union’s June 2009 deadline for migration to the EAC standard on the horizon, Finland’s Population Register Centre expects the transition to the new EAC e-passport Certificate […]

Aladdin Knowledge Systems, an information security company specializing in authentication, software DRM and content security, announced that Aladdin eToken and Aladdin SafeWord have been verified as Citrix Ready. The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions that add value in Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure solutions. The Citrix Ready program makes it easy for customers […]

VeriSign, Inc., a provider of Internet infrastructure services for networks, has allied with TrustBearer Labs, an authentication and digital identity solutions company, to make it easier for people to use smart cards and security devices that involve Public Key Infrastructure credentials. The partnership combines VeriSign’s experience as a PKI provider with TrustBearer’s solutions, allowing for […]

The BridgePoint Physical Access Control System with “Trust at the Threshold PKI” is the first high-assurance FIPS 201 reader and PACS to implement digital certificate challenge and response and certificate validation for user authentication, says the company. The solution, which can be implemented in coordination with other vendor PACS or in a stand-alone mode, can […]

Entrust Inc. demonstrated a successful public key infrastructure certificate exchange using the United Kingdom and Slovenia systems in a multi-country test environment during tests in Prague last week. The vendor confirmed that the security infrastructure for second-generation e-passports, based on Extended Access Control (EAC), is ready for global deployment. One of the key objectives of […]

TrustBearer Labs, an authentication and digital identity vendor, has announced single sign-on support for Salesforce.com and Google Apps with its authentication and identity federation service, TrustBearer OpenID. TrustBearers’ Single Sign-on support enables users to authenticate to Salesforce.com and Google Apps. To offer single sign-on to users of the two sites, TrustBearer expanded its OpenID identity […]

A new policy at the U.S. Department of Defense allows contractors and agencies working together to accept external authorities that issue PKI certifications. Those authorities, such as VeriSign and IdenTrust, must as a condition use identification cards that are compliant with federal PIV standards. Alice Lipowicz writes that Paul Grant, DoD CIO, believes that this […]