Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

Daon, Intercede integrate products

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Ireland-based Daon and UK-based Intercede have integrated products to better enable biometric-based smart card systems.

Intercede has successfully integrated its MyID product with Daon’s identity management platform through a smart-card management system add on. This integration allows customers to pick and choose modules from both Intercede and Daon to improve the fit of the applications and reduce development costs.

Intercede’s MyID is a smart card and identity credential management system that enables organizations to enroll, issue and manage the lifecycle of smart cards, USB authentication devices, biometrics and other identity credentials. Daon provides biometric middleware systems. [end] 

Intercede has announced the release of Service Pack 1 for its biometric identity and credential management system MyID PIV v9.

The upgrades included in the new service pack are bringing Personal Identification Verification (PIV), PIV-I and PIV-C credential issuance into one system. Additional upgrades in the service pack are aimed at reducing time and costs involved in help desk functions by improving card expiration date control, policy control, offline unlock, self-service PIN reset and reinstating and re-provisioning of cards all from the system GUI.  

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Sequent Software, a California-based provider of mobile NFC software, announced the launch of Core Card Services (CCS), a solution designed to enable any mobile app to seamlessly integrate NFC payments, ticketing, coupons, ID badge access and more.

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Intercede Group plc and Oxford Computer Group LLC (OCG) have formed a strategic alliance to sell PIV products to non-Federal organizations in the United States.

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Intercede announced that it was awarded an order for the supply of Intercede MyID Identity and Credential Management software licenses totaling more than $1 million. This contract is in support of the issuance of ICAO compliant smart card travel documents. The country and partner cannot be named at this time.

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Intercede announced that its MyID PIV version 9, the latest version of the identity and credential management software, has been released. The software is targeted at government and corporate users who are required to meet the latest Personal Identification Verification (PIV) and PIV-Interoperable standards.

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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.

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