RegardingID Archive | Howard joins CertiPath

Friday, January 23, 2009

CertiPath, the identity management and secure information provider, announced that Stephen Howard has joined as its vice president of operations.

Howard brings deep expertise in creating secure and reliable identity solutions. With more than 25 years of information technology experience, he’s worked first-hand with cryptographic solutions, smart card systems, public key infrastructure and biometric technologies.

As a contributing author to FIPS 201, Howard has played an instrumental role in creating the personal identity verification standards used among federal employees and contractors today.

Howard will be responsible for expanding CertiPath’s core credentialing services to meet critical need for interoperability between commercial and federal-issued credentials as well as those issued abroad.

HID Global receives certification

CertiPath announced that HID Global has completed cross-certification to the PIV-I standard via the CertiPath Bridge.

With the certification for PIV-I, HID Global plans to launch its PIV-I Service – an online offering that aims to reduce the time and complexity required for contractors to obtain employee credentials, which comply with PIV-I requirements. The certified PIV-I Service offering will be managed by HID Global’s identity assurance business, ActivIdentity.

Defining digital identities: part one of five

Four industry leaders breakdown the importance of online credentials

There have been many discussions about digital identities and online credentials in 2011. The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) is picking up steam and organizations are seeking to further secure IT networks as threats from hacking increase.

HID launches PIV-I service

HID Global introduced a service to supply PIV-I credentials to U.S. federal contractors. The new service will enable contractors to go online and walk them through the entire PIV-I issuance process, including in-person vetting as well, says Brad Jarvis, vice president of product marketing at HID Global.

Citi achieves PIV-I cross-certification with CertiPath

CertiPath and Citi’s Global Transaction Services announced that Citi has achieved cross-certification to the PIV-I standard with the CertiPath identity bridge.

CertiPath is the U.S. Federal PKI Policy Authority partner in testing PIV-I credentials, used for both physical and logical access. Certipath’s architecture and operational systems for a single credential provide secure access and interoperability for employees, customers and partners.

OTI granted U.S. patent for contactless 'Smart SIM'

On Track Innovations has received a U.S. patent for adding contactless capability to existing mobile handsets through contactless SIM technology.

U.S. Patent No. 8,090,407, aka “Contactless Smart SIM,” covers the capabilities necessary to turn existing mobile handsets into NFC-enabled devices through the use of a SIM card and a specifically designed antenna, all while keeping the phone and operating system “fully agnostic,” says OTI.

Fourteen libraries in the Queens-area convert to RFID

A number of Queens, N.Y. libraries are converting their collection of books and other media to support RFID check-in and check-out, according to The Queens Gazette.

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