Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

ActivIdentity realigns to address new markets

Monday, October 20, 2008

ActivIdentity Inc., a provider of identity assurance and credential management systems, announced its new market focus and approach in identity solutions. The new strategy is addressing the key ID 360 market-driving sectors: Employer-to-Employee, Business-to-Customer, and Government-to-Citizen.

Under ActivIdentity’s new strategy, the company will leverage its identity assurance platform and credential management system to apply a common approach to registration/enrollment, authentication, authorization, auditing, credential issuance/management, and use of credentials across each of the ID 360 market segments. This approach takes into account that organizations require a trusted chain of identity that enables them to conduct their day-to-day business in the digital age with the same level of confidence as face-to-face transactions.


Though identities may be repeatedly captured, verified, enrolled, used and tracked by different systems with little interaction, ActivIdentity’s platform enables organizations to leverage the trust levels of the credentials and use the same security infrastructure across diverse user communities.

The goal of the system is to protect an organization’s information infrastructures and data. By extending the identity assurance, ActivIdentity aims to open large cross-market opportunities that use smart credentials for new applications such as mobile security, financial services, online and industry commerce, government-issued credentials for driver’s licenses, voter registration, national IDs and secure passports. [end] 

The August 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 list of audio and accompanying PowerPoint slides (in pdf format).

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ActivIdentity Corp. has expanded its commitment to providing strong authentication services by enlisting Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) to build up its subscription-based business. The MSSPs serve as a cloud-based strong authentication and credential management service that will help the company obtain long term customers and profits.

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ActivIdentity Corp., a provider of strong authentication and credential management, and Intercede Ltd., a developer and supplier of identity and credential management software, announced that they have entered into a patent license agreement on mutually acceptable terms.

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The July 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 list of audio and accompanying PowerPoint slides (in pdf format).

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In order to share information about various deployments and uses of PIV credentials there will be an information sharing day for federal officials on Aug. 4. The purpose of the ICAM Information Sharing Day is to provide an forum for agencies to understand and share information related to implementation activities being taken by early adopters of ICAM programs.

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At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Torsten George, vice president of worldwide marketing for ActivIdentity, discussed the company’s philosophy for merging token/certificate-based authentication with single sign-on.

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