Identity Management Systems, Logical and Physical Access, Convergence

ID Lifecycle 101: Credential management

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Part three in a series on identity issuance and management

Issuing a credential is only the start of the identity lifecycle. As an individual moves around an organization, controlling and adjusting the systems he can and cannot access is equally important to the initial identity vetting. Throughout the ID lifecycle, this identity and credential management function is essential.

As identification has evolved, “it’s gotten much more detailed and much more broad,” says Terry Gold, vice president of sales North America at idOnDemand. “Over the past 10 years, the importance of identification within an organization has skyrocketed.”

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Multimodal biometric security provider ImageWare Systems Inc. has released version 2.0 of its Biometric Engine (BE) physical security identification product.

This product is designed for airports, seaports and other critical points-of-access for government and private enterprises. This update takes into account the SAFE Port Act, which requires foreign shippers to secure cargo being shipped to the U.S. and ensure the identity of those loading it. Shippers must manage this by 2013.

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HID Global is showing off some of its new U.S. government products for PIV-enabled physical-logical access control at this week’s RSA Conference 2012 in San Francisco.

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Codebench Inc. announced that Intercede, a provider of identity and credential management software, has integrated its MyID system with Codebench’s IDSync software development kit to make MyID compatible with more than 25 different physical access control systems. The addition of the IDSync SDK eliminates the need for Intercede to write its own interfaces for a range of physical access control systems.

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Key Source International announced GSA approval for it’s biometric keyboard and stand-alone biometric pod. KSI products are approved under FIPS 201 for Federal Employees and civilian contractors.

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October 3, 2011 1:02 PM

so how difficult would it have been to add links to the other tow parts of this series?! Or did i miss them?

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