Intercede has announced that its MyID PIV v9, the latest version of its identity and credential management system, has been approved by the U.S. General Service Administration for use by government agencies as part of the FIPS 201 program.

This enables Intercede’s existing and new federal customers to take advantage of a new generation of PIV cards that comply with the latest enhanced cryptographic security requirements defined NIST. Ontercede MyID for PIV v9 also is on the GSA’s Approved Products List to implement the recovery of archived encryption certificates in accordance with the NIST SP800-73-3 specification.  

IronKey Founder and Chairman David Jevans will address federal cyber security leaders and their counterparts in the private sector at a Security Innovation Network conference this week.

Jevans will share his experiences on turning a Department of Homeland Security research project into real world products and provide insights on how best to leverage government funding to create successful companies and advances in national cyber security. 

idOnDemand announced availability of its Onsite Card Issuance feature. The service extends idOnDemand’s cloud solution enabling customers to issue fully compliant and globally trusted identity cards on their premises with minimal investment.

The new feature is aimed at organizations that require immediate onsite production of credentials, as well as for remote offices to produce and deliver identity cards on the organization’s behalf. The only additional cost is for a local issuance printer with an idOnDemand production encoder. The actual smart identity infrastructure is securely hosted and maintained by idOnDemand. 

GlobalPlatform announced it has completed maintenance work on its Card Specification, Configurations and supporting guidelines, as an update for parties that have previously implemented card technologies or plan to in the future.

As part of the review, GlobalPlatform has launched v1.0.1 of its UICC Configuration – the implementation guide for deploying GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2 within the mobile services sector and managing the delivery of over-the-air services. GlobalPlatform has also updated the Mapping Guideline Configuration, which guide card implementations based on Card Specification v2.1.1 to a GlobalPlatform card compliant to v2.2. 

Authasas, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced that they have released its new biometric authentication solution that is designed for Microsoft Vergence, Microsoft’s product for managing clinical workstations in such industries as health care.

The new solution, called Authasas Advanced Authentication, enables a user to authenticate himself via fingerprint authentication as well as smart cards and tokens while also utilizing Vergence’s single sign-on capabilities. 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a draft of FIPS 201-2, the revised smart card specification for government employees. Comments on the draft will be accepted through early April.

The revised standard includes changes to biometrics and other authentication mechanisms for physical access control. PKI at the door has long been discussed as an option for PIV and this standard would seem to embrace that. 

In the latest edition of the Regarding ID podcast, Anna Fernezian, program manager for identity and assurance at CSC, fills listeners in on PIV-I, the smart card specification that can be used by non-federal issuers to create highly-secure credentials. Fernezian talks about the specification and why it’s important as well as the role it may play with future credentialing projects.

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