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Intercede News
Social Security Administration
uses MyID Technology to Manage the Lifecycle of HSPD 12 Smart Cards
Further to the announcement on December 19 2006,
whereby we informed the market that RSA Security Inc., has been
awarded a contract by the US Government's General Services Adminstration
(GSA) to provide RSA Card Manager to an unnamed Federal Agency,
Intercede are pleased to confirm that the name of the agency concerned
is the Social Security Administration. This was announced by RSA
on December 21 2006 and a copy of the RSA announcement can be found
at the following link:
http://www.rsasecurity.com/press_release.asp?doc_id=7642
About HSPD-12
HSPD-12 is one of the most important and high profile security directives
of recent years. It was issued by President Bush himself in August
2004 and required, firstly, the creation of an official federal
standard (FIPS-201) for Personal Identity Verification (PIV), which
would prescribe technologies and processes for the effective vetting
and access control of all federal employees and contractors. The
second requirement of HSPD-12 was for every US Federal Agency to
have implemented a PIV solution by the end of October 2006, with
all employees and contractors required to have a personal-201 compliant,
smart card based identity card one year later. Each of these cards
will be issued and managed using a management system such as MyID.
All HSPD-12 solutions must by mandate only incorporate
products that have been exhaustively tested against by the US General
Services Administration (GSA), and included in the GSA’s Approved
Product List for PIV products. Intercede announced on October 4,
2006 that it had become the first product in its category to achieve
this coveted status.
It is estimated that almost 8 million identity
cards will be issued under HSPD-12. Industry analysts Stanford Group
estimate the total value of the program to be worth approximately
US$1.3 billion.
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About Intercede
Intercede Group plc is a leading developer and supplier of smart
card and identity management software listed on the London Stock
Exchange (IGP LN) (IGP.L). The Group's MyID software manages the
secure registration, issuance and lifecycle of digital identities
for a wide range of uses. This requires the integration of multiple
technologies and products from many different vendors, including
smart cards, biometrics, digital certificates and Open Platform
applets.
Intercede works with a number of market leading
OEM, re-seller and technology partners that supply MyID technology
including: Athena Smartcard Solutions, Gemalto, RSA Security, SafeNet,
Thales, VeriSign and a variety of systems integrators and other
security product and service providers.
Intercede and MyID are registered trademarks
or trademarks in the UK, US and/or other countries.
Enquiries:
Intercede
Ian Lowe, Marketing Manager
Tel. +44 (0)1455 558111
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