Intereced helps another U.S. agency comply with HSPD-12
U.K smart-card sepcialist wins another contract to help a U.S. government agency come into complaince with HSPD-12-madated PIV requirements; in early October the U.S. EPA said it, too, would use Interced technology
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, U.K.-based Intercede Group, a smart card specialist (we note that the company’s motto — “Using Technologies — Creating Identities” — is rather Orwellian) said that unnamed U.S. government department has selected the company’s MyID technology for the implementation of the HSPD-12-mandated PIV, which covers the provision of ID for all federal employees and contractors. Intercede is collaborating with Herndon, Virginia-based Cybertrust and other partners in the project. This most recent client of Intercede remains annoymous, but not so previous clients of the company’s technology: On 9 October 2006 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would use Interced technolgy to comply with HSPD-12.
Intercede’s MyID software manages the secure registration, issuance, and lifecycle of digital identities. In keeping with the HSPD-12 deadline, the unnamed government agency used MyID technology to produce the first fully compliant personal identity verification card on 26 October.
Intercede said it is expected that almost 8 million identity cards will be issued under the HSPD-12 program. Industry analysts Stanford Group value the total cost at about $1.3 billion.
Intercede (LSE IGP LN; IGP.L) has been working with a number of market leading OEM, reseller, and technology partners which supply MyID technology, among them: Athena Smartcard Solutions, Gemalto, RSA Security, SafeNet, Thales, VeriSign, and different systems integrators and other security product and service providers.
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