HID Global Unveils US Federal Identity compliance initiative for physical ...-Business Wire (press release)

05 April 2011 09: 07 AM eastern daylight time demonstrates how the Agency can reduce the cost and complexity of the FIPS 201 compliance using the modular approach and industry on key offers from a single supplier

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HID Global, leading edge solutions for the provision of secure identity, today announced that it will be demonstrated in a planned family of simple, cost-effective, complete solution for the FIPS 201 compliance at ISC West 2011 first. The company's Federal Identity compliance initiative will facilitate the upgrade of the existing federal agency physical access control system (PACS) to support the recently authorised Government identity validation standards.

"HID the unique position to serve this important market, the need for Government"

Initiative of the Federal compliance with HID Global combines the strengths of the company's solutions for access control and technology migration, enhanced cryptographic security of its next generation reader platform and extensive identity portfolio insurance, acquired from ActivIdentity, recently purchased HID global society. Customers will be able to deploy the HID Global readers are seamlessly integrated with the ActivIdentity ActivEntry upgrade modules and FIPS 201 fully comply, without having to replace their physical access control head end server, or hardware control panel door.

According to a memorandum of February 2011, issued by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of management and budget (OMB), the existing physical and logical access control systems, you must upgrade to a personal identification verification (PIV) credentials in accordance with the instructions of the National Institute of standards and technology (NIST)before federal agencies can use technology developments and to update the financial means to carry out other activities. HID Global's Federal Identity compliance initiative will speed and simplify the implementation, offer migration path from legacy PIV credentials and provide access to the modular hardware, which facilitates the Agency to respond to regulatory changes, change the security level in selected areas, such as the požadovánoa take advantage of the ongoing progress in access control technology.

"HID the unique position to serve this need, the Government of critical market," said Brad Jarvis, Vice President, strategic product initiatives with HID Global. "Our federal initiative against the conformity of the identity gives the Agency the confidence that they can achieve compliance quickly, efficiently and with the support of all of the necessary audit, on the basis of incremental, continuous financing, protecting investment in existing infrastructure. We are extending our generation platform with modular reader hardware, which allow agencies, very flexibly address compliance with the requirements at all levels of the access permissions area of BEERS. "

HID Global for the next generation of readers using the EAL5 + safe element (SE) hardware tamper-proof protection keys and cryptographic operations, and standard open under the supervision of device Protocol (OSDP) seamless and secure, bi-directional communication link with the company ActivEntry hardware modules. This creates a fully certified, turnkey solutions and for the modernisation of the existing physical access control infrastructure so that it can verify the credentials across the full range of PIV assurance levels defined by the Federal Government's Special Publication 800-116 (SP800-116). Last ActivEntry 2.4 offers also adds a new service application programming interface (API) integrates the ability to write PACS directly to services for authentication.

HID global plans to extend its offer solutions to all levels of permissions SP800-116 access, including the area of regulated, restricted, and exclusion. If you want to show the ability of the HID Global offers deployment during the first two phases of the initiative on compliance with its Federal Identity, the company featuring his upcoming generation of access management platform, the iCLASS readers, in the following examples in ISC West 2011:

Of regulated access to transactions: This solution shows how HID Global next generation access management platform supports card authentication key (ZAG) certificate access, and provides access to the controlled area for the requirements of SP800-116. Contact and biometric transactions: This solution enables the BEERS certificate validation approach, which provides access to the regulated, restricted, and the exclusion of the requirements of SP800-116.

HID Global will offer their Federal Identity compliance initiative, a group of products through its network of proven, physical access control channel partners. The initiative is backed by the company's genuine HID value offered, which stresses the highest level of quality and delivery performance of global products. HID Global also plans to extend the program beyond the FIPS 201 to support Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)-on-the-door compliance and also BEER and BEER-I-C (PIV-compatible) cards issued without the requirements of the federal bodies.

About HID Global

HID Global is the trusted source for secure identity solutions for the millions of customers around the world. Recognized for high-quality, innovative designs and direction of the industry, HID Global is the supplier of choice for OEMs, system integrators and application developers serving different markets. These markets include the physical and logical access control of concentration, including strong authentication and credential management; Printing cards and personalization; highly secure social security number; and the identification of technologies used by the animal industry and ID and logistics applications. The main brands of the company belongs to HID ®, ActivIdentity ™, FARGO ® and LaserCard ®. In Irvine, California, HID Global has more than 2100 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries. HID Global is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand. For more information, visit www.hidglobal.com.

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