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Users still waiting for PKI benefits?
http://www.bloglines.com/blog/Marcus-Lasance?id=38
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LASANCE
8 months, 1 week, 1 day, 23 hours agoIn June 2002 I was interviewed by Computing Magazine. This resulted in a widely quoted headline “Users must wait for PKI benefits”. Where are we today seven years later?
What has been your experience?
#1 - By Salvatore D'Agostino, 8 months, 7 days, 18 hours ago.
The concept of a shared service provider (SSP) is a big part of the movement toward interoperable strong identity credentials in the United States. The SSP approach is being used by Federal agencies, states in connection with First Responder Authentication Credential and other that understand the benefits of interoperability based on Federal Information Processing Standard 201, FIPS 201. There are some further details available on my blog at http://idmachines.blogspot.com as well as future posts as the market evolves.
#2 - By LASANCE, 8 months, 5 days, 23 hours ago.
This is an important point. Even in Europe organisations are looking to FIPS 201 to provide interoperability. I understand that in the UK the National Policing Improvement Authority (NPIA) put FIPS 201 in the requirements pot. Presumably this would allow inter jurisdictional cooperation between the law enforcement agencies as well as interoperation between the 46 police forces in the UK. I think ActiveIdentity are one of the few smart card vendors that can meet this standard, which is why they are a logical partner for us.
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