Entrust Inc.’s public key infrastructure (PKI) technology has been selected by the Thai Digital ID Company Limited (TDID). Thai Digital ID will resell Entrust’s in-house and hosted PKI solutions — Entrust Authority PKI and Entrust Managed Services PKI, respectively — to current and future customers in Thailand. Entrust’s first public key infrastructure was released in […]

What will the next-generation physical access control look like? Many industry insiders say it may be PKI at door. Avisian Publishing surveyed the industry at different event throughout the year asking them about the technology. The revised FIPS 201 specification for U.S. government employees may include PKI at the door and many say using this […]

While there is plenty of guidance available for issuing PIV credentials to government employees, challenges still exist. “The value of Special Publication 800-116 is that it lays out how to implement PIV cards, now that you have them,” according to Consuelo Bangs, senior program manager at MorphoTrak. However, it’s not that easy as Bangs explains […]

The September 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 […]

The U.S. General Services Administration announced that it is considering a recompete of its HSPD-12 contract. In an audit report released by the office’s Inspector General, results concluded that the Managed Service Office did not consistently conduct HSPD-12 program procurement activities in compliance with GSA policy and federal procurement regulations. The report mentioned violations of […]

CertiPath announced that is has increased its Trusted Physical Access Control Service with new offerings aimed at closing knowledge and technology gaps around the design, implementation and maintenance of these systems. Its portfolio now includes design and certification solutions for hardware vendors and certification solutions for systems integrators and consultants. Federated physical access control strategies […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines Any security solution is only as good as the keys it uses. Keys and key management are crucial factors in the level of assurance and trust that a system can provide. Keys are both metal and digital, this discussion focuses primarily on digital keys. Key management requires technology, policy and procedure. […]

Entrust Inc. has been selected to deploy its security solutions for Finland’s Population Register Centre. After implementing its Extended Access Control (EAC) e-passport solution more than two-years ago, Entrust has begun deployment of its Single Point of Contact (SPOC) infrastructure for e-passports. This SPOC technology is the standard method for certificate management between countries for […]

DigiCert Inc., a provider of authentication and encryption services, now offers managed public key infrastructure for enterprise level SSL certificates. This will enable organizations with a high volume of SSL certificates to better organize and take control of certificate management, including the ability to perform key life-cycle events of SSL certificates on demand. With DigiCert’s […]

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 […]