Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[wavedreamer]

ROT,

"In any case, as you surmise once a TPM OEM gets FIPS approval, all their TPMs already in the field are backwards-approved providing they are of the same design so it's not likely deployment will ultimately be delayed by "legacy TPMs"."

Agreed 100%

It is important to note that with Atmel and Nuvoton being Fips 140 Certified and with Infineon's TPM 1.2 & 2.0 programmable TPM (including the 5mx5m size for phones)in the Fips queue, that it is clear the TPM 1.2's will be allowed in the Federal space.

I'm not sure what Broadcom or ST Micro are doing but there is no way their TPM's will be left out. JMO

As I stated before the CAC card will be used as the primary Token for User ID in the DOD and the VSC can be a backup to it as well be used in the Federal space for machine ID and 2 factor authentication and lead to Attestation services like WEM provides.