Social Security Administration uses MyID Technology to Manage the Lifecycle of HSPD 12 Smart Cards
08/01/2007
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:
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.
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.
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