The July meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com and SecureIDNews.com were on hand to cover the event and have provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to […]

Innovation winner – Monitor Dynamics Trusted FICAM platform provides PKI-based access control Monitor Dynamics’ Trusted FICAM Platform is a physical access control system designed to deliver trust by leveraging PKI-based identity credentials and PKI Bridge infrastructure. The FICAM Platform utilizes PKI credentials that meet the FIPS 201 federal standard. It is designed for users wishing […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the spring 2013 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

As countries the world over continue to implement electronic government services for citizens, the need to prove identity online is becoming a vital necessity. A white paper from UL Transaction Security details the current state of eID in Europe and the growing number of implementations across the continent. The white paper, “Electronic Identities in Europe,” […]

The Department of Defense and other federal agencies that employ the strong authentication credentials for daily use may have found an email assurance solution. Certipath discussed its email assurance solution at Smart Card Alliance’s 11th Annual Government Conference held in Washington, D.C. “Digitally signed emails don’t have a lot of info about the assurance level […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued two patents to identity technology provider SecureAuth for configuring a digital certificate’s valid duration period and for facilitating secure online transactions. The first patent, number 8,301,877, describes a method for registering X.509 certificates that digitally sign and authenticate a user and server. The process simplifies deploying X.509 […]

Safelayer Secure Communications, a provider of digital ID management, e-signature and data protection, increased its market presence in Latin America and Europe in 2012. Already in the Spanish market and present in 12 countries through its network of 17 partners, the software developer increased its international turnover by winning new projects for implementing PKI and […]

Entrust Inc. finalized a pair of government approvals with FIPS 201 and FIPS 140 certifications for the company’s PIV smart card credential technology, which was reviewed, tested and certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. These certifications demonstrate interoperability with established NIST standards. To ensure a seamless deployment, many organizations will only purchase […]

Peter Alterman,Chief Operating Officer, SAFE-BioPharma Association We’ll soon look back on 2012 as the year the future of electronic identity credentialing began to appear out of the cloud – pun intended. For years, the electronic identity credentialing space has been trying to climb out of the siloed user ID/password hole. Many initiatives and technologies have […]

Thales announced that keyAuthority, a high-assurance enterprise key management solution, has passed the FIPS 140-2 Level 3 security test programs. Validation to FIPS 140-2 is mandated in many industry and government sectors and is a frequently stated best practice for any organization seeking to protect sensitive data. Thales keyAuthority is a standards-based key management solution […]