Suppliers Stepping Up
While security industry organizations are lending their expertise to the coming FIPS 201 migration, security suppliers are lining up with compliant solutions. Here is a sampling:
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HID Global, Irvine, Calif., has announced that its iCLASS R10, R30, R40, RK40 and RP40 model access control readers have been approved by U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) as Transparent Contactless Readers for their FIPS 201 Approved Products List.
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Legic Identisystems Ltd., Chicago, has announced that its contactless smart card technologies meet FIPS 201 standards.
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CardLogix, Irvine, Calif., has announced that its Credentsys smart card line meets the requirements of the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program.
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Bioscrypt Inc., Toronto, has announced that its fingerprint algorithms have been qualified for use in the PIV program.
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LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group has launched the screening and identity verification component of its government solutions offering.
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Novell, Waltham, Mass., has expanded its Identity Assurance solution for the federal government, adding a critical identity management foundation to help agencies better meet HSPD-12 requirements.
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SCM Microsystems Inc., Fremont, Calif., has announced that nine of its secure smart card readers have been determined to be HSPD-12-compliant and have thus been included on the GSA Approved Product List.
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The State of Florida has chosen HSPD-12-compliant uniform port access credential cards from Oberthur Card Systems, San Diego, as part of a port security initiative to limit access to secure areas in 12 of the state’s deep-water ports.
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The GSA has named ADT Security Services, Boca Raton, Fla., a unit of Tyco Fire and Security, as a Qualified HSPD-12 System Integration Service Provider.
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Biometric fingerprint algorithms from SecuGen, Santa Clara, Calif., have received Minutiae Interoperability Exchange (MINEX) Certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and are compliant with HSPD-12.
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has selected ActivIdentity Corp., Fremont, Calif., to redesign and develop the agency’s HSPD-12/FIPS-201-capable personnel security system used to authenticate the smart card ID badges of TSA security personnel.