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Go Kite: I have to agree with barge here. We all know Infineon is finished?! Why make these statements? Why be so conservative and cautious with your opinions as of late as it relates to the obvious fact that Wave has locked up TPM management minimally at the device level? This game is over! I will remind you of the very same conservative attitude you have displayed this year concerning the consumer market. Looks to me like Intel has completely transformed their marketing strategy for Q4 2006 to include Conroe on ALL Intel platforms which you and I both know requires Wave ETS. C'mon man? It's time to be excited! The Army looks like it's all but locked up. The rest of the DOD is well on the way (thanks cm). Enterprise is moving finally on schedule. AND Intel has their sites on the CONSUMER market in 2006!!!!! Dude, loosen that belt up a notch and give some love to Wave management for pulling off something that happens about once every ten years?! Hell, we've waited about as long as is! Jeff
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Intel to Formally Launch Conroe Desktop Chip July 27
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,126403,00.asp
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"8. Today, only business PCs have the TPM 1.2 protection chip built in. With Core 2 Duo, all PCs will be protected. TPM (Trusted Platform Module) protects your passwords, logons, and personal data at a hardware level from hackers, spyware, and identity thieves."
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZDM/story?id=2138775
Gowave: Your agenda is crystal clear. At least Snackman lives by a noble mantra, whereas, your mantra might be "you better go to Geico". Save your rhetoric for the weak. Catch you later. Much later I hope. Jeff
Larry: Good. Then take off. Wish you luck! Jeff
Anybody who thinks Wave will not make millions (billions) off the DOD is out of their mind!
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060622/0138297.html
ORC's SSP PKI Receives Qualification on GSA FIPS 201 Evaluation Program Approved List
Thursday June 22, 10:11 am ET
FIPS 201 Milestone Allows ORC to Provide SSP PKI Services to Federal Agencies for HSPD-12 Deployment
FAIRFAX, VA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jun 22, 2006 -- WidePoint Corporation (OTC BB:WDPT.OB - News), and its wholly owned subsidiary Operational Research Consultants, Inc. (ORC), the leading provider of Federal PKI authentication services, today jointly announced that ORC's Shared Service Provider (SSP) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) met all qualifications to become a General Services Administration (GSA) FIPS 201 Evaluation Program Approved Product. GSA's FIPS 201 qualification confirms ORC's ability to provide SSP PKI services to Federal agencies that need to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12).
HSPD-12 establishes a mandatory government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification issued by the federal government to its employees and contract employees. Its purpose is to enhance security, increase government efficiency, reduce identity fraud and protect personal privacy. HSPD-12 products that are approved as FIPS-201-compliant may be offered for sales to federal agencies through the GSA, where ORC currently provides certificates.
Steve Komar, CEO of WidePoint, said, "This qualification demonstrates the completion of another major milestone toward assisting federal agencies to meet their HSPD-12 requirements. This expands on our success as the first and only Department of Defense External Certificate Authority authorized to provide a full suite of PKI services and builds upon our strong base of awards, certifications and qualifications to provide the highest level of support and services to meet the demands of HSPD-12."
ORC is certified as a provider for GSA access certificates for electronics services and retains a government-approved certificate authority that is cross-certified with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority. It is the only approved commercial GSA e-Authentication federation credential service provider and the only fully authorized commercial U.S. government shared service provider.
WidePoint CFO James McCubbin said, "We have made significant progress in building and securing the infrastructure, certifications and qualifications that are required to assist federal agencies to deploy HSPD-12. The level of activity throughout the government sector has been increasing as we approach the launch of HSPD-12 and ORC's goal is to play a leading role in providing solutions to satisfy this directive."
About WidePoint Corporation
WidePoint is a technology-based provider of products and services to the government sector and commercial markets. WidePoint specializes in providing systems engineering, integration and information technology services. WidePoint's wholly owned subsidiary, ORC, is at the forefront of implementing government compliant eAuthentication identity management managed services and associated systems engineering/integration. ORC has earned four major U.S. federal government certifications offering the highest levels of assurance for transactions over the Internet and was awarded the first Basic Purchasing Agreement (BPA) under the newly created Authentication category established under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Information Technology Professional Services FSC Group 70 contract.
WidePoint's profile of customers encompasses U.S. federal government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice and major transnational corporations such as SAIC and Northrup Grumman as well as several major pharmaceutical companies. For more information, visit http://www.widepoint.com.
An investment profile about WidePoint may be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com/widepoint/profile.php .
For investor relations information regarding WidePoint, contact Frank Hawkins or Cale Smith, Hawk Associates, at (305) 451-1888, e-mail: info@hawkassociates.com. An online investor relations kit including copies of WidePoint press releases, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable information for investors may be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com and www.americanmicrocaps.com.
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http://65.205.7.61/orc-main.jsp?tag=3&sub=gsaaces/team.html
GSA ACES Team
As a direct result of our Information Technology and Information Assurance experience in support of DoD, the Armed Services and other Federal Agencies, ORC has accumulated considerable relevant experience providing Information Technology support. ORC has and is presently helping customers initiate and support their Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) efforts and subsequently enable their PKI for a wide variety of uses. In 1999, DoD established an Interim External Certificate Authority (IECA) program to enable DoD partners (contractors, vendors, etc.) to obtain digital certificates that meet Class 3 assurance level and technical interoperability requirements satisfying DoD Certificate Policy (CP).
ORC was the first of four vendors authorized to issue certificates that DoD relying parties could accept along with DoD PKI certificates. At the same time, the General Services Administration (GSA) was working on the Access Certificates for Electronic Services (ACES) program. ORC was one of only three vendors demonstrating the requisite technical proficiency to be awarded an ACES contract.
PKI, Information Assurance, Network Security and Systems Integration are specific core competencies of our company. We have established strategic Value Added reseller (VAR) agreements with key contributors in the Information Technology arena and provide professional services for these products that will ensure successful accomplishment of task requirements. Our VAR relationships include:
Cisco
Best Power
Chrysalis
Datakey
Sun Micro Systems inCipher
Netscape
Paragon Systems
RSA
TimeCertain Valicert
TECSEC
SETEC
Wave
Wave Systems and Operational Research Consultants Collaborate to Address Government Security Markets
Lee, MA. and Fairfax, VA – Jan. 13, 2005 — Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ:WAVX) and Operational Research Consultants, Inc. (ORC), a wholly owned subsidiary of WidePoint Corporation (OTC BB: WDPT), announced today a strategic partnership to jointly market trusted computing and certified credentialing to provide identity management solutions to federal, state and local governments.
The partnership agreement combines ORC's federal government authorized External Certificate Authority (ECA) and Access Certificates for Electronic Services (ACES) capabilities with Wave's EMBASSY® Trust Suite technology for use with federal compliant public key infrastructures.
“ORC is pleased to be joining forces with Wave Systems in making available trusted computing solutions embedded with ECA digital certificate capabilities to all branches of government, and beyond,” stated Daniel E. Turissini, president and CEO of ORC. “This combination of Wave's EMBASSY® Trust Suite technology integrated with our Trusted Third Party services provides another element to furthering the availability of the highest levels of Information Assurance technologies in the ongoing efforts to protect personal information and in support of Homeland Defense endeavors.”
“Wave is happy to be partnering with ORC, a leader in the certificate authority market, and whose technology has gained a strong foothold in government, military and security markets,” said Steven Sprague, Wave's president and CEO. “We believe ORC can play an important role as a Trusted Third Party serving the growing trusted computing market in government.”
ORC employs Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology to enable Government and Commercial customers to confidently disseminate information to geographically dispersed audiences while protecting that information from unauthorized disclosure. By implementing individual, code-signing and device/server digital certificates through trusted identity validation procedures, ORC provides its customers with:
A digital identity for identification and authentication,
Public-private key encryption for confidentiality, and
Digital signatures for data integrity and non-repudiation.
ORC tackles the most difficult issues in implementing PKI by establishing for its customers rigorous procedures for subscriber identification that do not place an undue burden on either the subscriber or the validating entity while maintaining an acceptable level of trust.
Wave's EMBASSY Trust Suite technology is designed to make personal computers more trusted and secure while making the PC applications more secure and easy to manage. For more information please visit www.wave.com.
About Operational Research Consultants
ORC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of WidePoint Corporation, is a multidisciplinary firm, offering a broad range of technical, analytical and engineering services including weapons system acquisition management, software development, systems integration, e-commerce, and expertise in all elements of information assurance and security. In addition to the DoD ECA program, ORC is also a prime contractor for the General Services Administration's (GSA) Access Certificates for Electronic Services (ACES). For more information, please see ORC's website at http://www.orc.com.
About WidePoint Corporation
(OTC BB:WDPT) is a publicly-traded IT services and solutions firm specializing in planning, managing, and implementing government and commercial enterprise solutions. WidePoint has embarked upon a growth through selective acquisition strategy focused on the Federal Government sector's e-initiatives, which are driven by mandated requirements to greatly enhance technical capabilities and increase functionality and productivity within Federal Agencies. For more information, please see WidePoint's website at http://www.widepoint.com.
About Wave Systems Corp.
Consumers and businesses are demanding a computing environment that is more trusted, private, safe and secure. Wave is the leader in delivering trusted computing applications and services with advanced products, infrastructure and solutions across multiple trusted platforms from a variety of vendors. Wave holds a portfolio of significant fundamental patents in security and e-commerce applications and employs some of the world's leading security systems architects and engineers. For more information about Wave, visit http://www.wave.com.
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630-629-0003
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Wave Systems Demonstrates Embassy(R) Strong Authentication Technologies at the DoD Public Key Enabling Trade Show
Tuesday November 8, 8:47 am ET
LEE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2005--Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ:WAVX - News) announced today that it is demonstrating its Embassy secure software technologies featuring strong authentication capabilities at the Department of Defense Public Key Enabling (DoD PKE) trade show at the Atlanta Hilton, Atlanta, Georgia, today and tomorrow.
The conference focuses on enabling federal system administrators, workgroup managers, and users to get the most out of Public Key Infrastructure, featuring demonstrations, hands-on training sessions, and opportunities to interact with DoD and industry experts.
Wave's Embassy software supports the next generation Trusted Computing security chip hardware called the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2. The computer industry has already shipped millions of PCs embedded with the Trusted Computing Group-standard TPM 1.1 chips and is now shipping next generation 1.2 TPM chips. Wave's Embassy platform supports both standards.
TPMs help enable secure services and applications. Wave has designed its Embassy technology to work with all commercially available TCG-compliant TPMs. Wave's Embassy platform is also compatible with the Microsoft Office® environment, and facilitates a variety of PC-related security and productivity tasks.
At the conference, Wave is demonstrating the hardening of standard Department of Defense PKI systems. Using TPMs, Wave will demonstrate issuing a standard, medium assurance certificate (X.509 version 3 PKI class 3) which is commonly used for network and application authentication. The TPM will bind the certificate to the hardware platform, creating a more tamper resistant certificate. This is the first time that fully certified (FIPS 140-2 L2) TPMs will be shown in this security capacity. Wave is working with External Certificate Authorities (ECA) approved by the DoD C.I.O. to more broadly disseminate this solution.
"Working with TPM security chip enabled PCs, Wave's Embassy software technology can strongly authenticate both the PC and the user in a government or enterprise network," said Steven Sprague, president and CEO, Wave Systems. "Network administrators can benefit from better authentication capabilities by using available biometrics, smart cards, passwords or the TPM, all tailored to specific security needs."
Beyond its importance to the DoD PKI environment, Wave's Embassy trusted computing solutions are also designed to solve the real world authentication and identity management problems facing federal, state and local government agencies.
For more information about Wave's Embassy strong authentication technologies, please visit www.wave.com.
About Wave Systems
Wave Systems solves the most critical security problems for enterprises and government with software solutions that are trustworthy, reliable, easy to use, and offer a speedy return on investment. Wave's trusted computing software solutions include strong authentication, data protection, advanced password management and enterprise-wide trust management services. For more information about Wave, visit http://www.wave.com.
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NSN/Mfr. Part No/Product Price / Delivery Quantity
ASF5 EMBASSY TRUST ASSURANCE
ASP Model: Applet Fee Per Applet 20001-100000 ASF1-ASF6 are per seat per year
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$5.77 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ADEFOT4 APPLET DEVELOPER'S ENABLING:
Applet Developer Fee One Time
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$28.85 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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HDK APPLICATIONS & HARDWARE TOOLS:
Hardware Developer Kit EA
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$24,038.00 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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SSI DIGITAL SIGNATURE PRODUCTS LICENSING
Smart Implementation EA
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$81,729.20 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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PKIINR-5000 DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Optional Add-Ons PKI & Identity User Block Non Roam 5000
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$46,393.34 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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OTP4 EMBASSY TRUST ASSURANCE
One Time Payment per Applet 10001-20000 OTP1-OTP6 are per seat
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$28.85 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ESF1 ENTERPRISE LICENSE MODEL:
Enterprise Service Fee 1-1000
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$23.08 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ADEFPY6 APPLET DEVELOPER'S ENABLING:
Applet Developer Fee Per Seat/Year
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$2.88 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ASPDSTFRD (4001-10000) DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Doc Storage Fee Renewal-PG EA (4001-10000)
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$0.72 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ASPDSTFRD (1-500) DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Doc Storage Fee Renewal-PG EA (1-500)
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$1.92 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ASSIS DIGITAL SIGNATURE PRODUCTS LICENSING
Additional SmartSafe Install Site EA
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$192,304.00 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ASPDSTFRMB (2001-4000) DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Doc Storage Fee Renewal-MB EA (2001-4000)
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$0.17 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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EOTP3 ENTERPRISE LICENSE MODEL:
Enterprise One Time Payment 5001-10000
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$36.06 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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SCE DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Optional Add-Ons Source Code Escrow YR
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$624.99 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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PKIIR-25000 DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Optional Add-Ons PKI & Identity User Block Roam 25000
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$276,437.00 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ASPDSTFRMB (10000 +) DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Doc Storage Fee Renewal-MB EA (10000 +)
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$0.14 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ESF5 ENTERPRISE LICENSE MODEL:
Enterprise Service Fee 20001-100000
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$5.77 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ASPDSTFRMB (501-1000) DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Doc Storage Fee Renewal-MB EA (501-1000)
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$0.22 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ASF1 EMBASSY TRUST ASSURANCE
ASP Model: Applet Fee Per Applet 1-1000 ASF1-ASF6 are per seat per year
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$23.08 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ADEFPY2 APPLET DEVELOPER'S ENABLING:
Applet Developer Fee Per Seat/Year
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$17.31 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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PKIINR-1000 DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Optional Add-Ons PKI & Identity User Block Non Roam 1000
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$9,567.12 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ASPDSTFRMB (1001-2000) DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Doc Storage Fee Renewal-MB EA (1001-2000)
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$0.19 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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CSP-M APPLICATIONS & HARDWARE TOOLS:
Crytographic Service Provider Kit EA
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$0.48 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ASPDSTFRD (2001-4000) DIGITAL SIGNATURE ASP HOSTED
Doc Storage Fee Renewal-PG EA (2001-4000)
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
$0.96 EA
30 days delivered ARO
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ASF6 EMBASSY TRUST ASSURANCE
ASP Model: Applet Fee Per Applet 100001 or more ASF1-ASF6 are per seat per year
Manufacturer: WAVE SYSTEMS
Contractor: RMW ENTERPRISES, INC. [GS-35F-4858H] (s d 8a)
http://www.military-information-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=1400
Identity Network
A government/industry effort to develop an interoperable authentication network to securely and efficiently verify the identities of defense and contract employees has taken an important step forward with the signing of an agreement between the Defense Manpower Data Center and the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems.
By Cindie Beach
A government/industry effort to develop an interoperable authentication network to securely and efficiently verify the identities of defense and contract employees has taken an important step forward with the signing of an agreement between the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) and the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems (FiXs).
The Department of Defense agency and industry have been taking a hard look over the past few years at the business of reliable identification and authentication of individual credentials for both federal and contractor employees. Traditionally, different government agencies were responsible for managing their own information technology infrastructure, which led to disparate systems that could not communicate with one another. There were wide variations in the quality and reliability of information integrity and identity authentication.
Public key infrastructure (PKI) systems were being utilized to address security of various government departments, but because of the burgeoning risks and concerns, the DoD director of information assurance, Robert Lentz, called together an industry group to look at the PKI and make recommendations about what was good and not good about its use and the surrounding business processes.
That led to the formation of the Federated Electronic Government Coalition (FEGC). The coalition was a partnership between DoD and industry that was created to support the development of a comprehensive identity management system.
The objectives included creating a federated credentialing system between government and industry, in which information on individuals remains with, and under the control of, their parent organizations, and developing interoperable system concepts for validating contractor and government credentials at U.S. facilities. Out of that study group, a more formalized coalition was formed in 2004 as FiXs.
FiXs has as its core members large systems integrators, financial institutions and other vendors that have a stake in promoting improved force protection and systems security for critical infrastructure markets.
The following organizations are founding members of FiXs: BearingPoint, Data Systems Analysts, EDS, Lockheed Martin, NACHA-The Electronic Payments Association, Northrop Grumman, Saflink, SRA International, SRP Consulting Group, 3Factor, Unlimited New Dimensions and Wave Systems.
In addition, FiXs lists the following companies as full members: Citigroup, ChoicePoint Government Services, Disaster Management Solutions, EID Passport, Giesecke and Devrient Cardtech, Maxiumus and Wells Fargo.
Verification Process
The priority of the members was to provide federated, authentication transaction services, including management of the individual enrollment process, credentialing of organizations and equipment installation to DoD vendors. There was a need for government-to-business, business-to-government, and business-to-business identity verification of employees and contractors.
“We didn’t know that any other environment existed out there that allowed that to happen, but FiXs had that solution,” said Mike Mestrovich, president-elect of FiXs.
Those involved shared their initial findings with the National Institute of Standards, which developed the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201. FIPS 201 comprises two parts: PIV I, which describes the basic requirements and process under which federal agencies must conduct personal identity proofing, and PIV II, which provides the detailed specifications, components and processes for deploying personal identity verification card management system across the federal government.
“FiXs modeled the operating rules a great deal after how the financial networks are handling automatic teller machine transactions under the auspices of NACHA. One bank must trust another bank’s customer in dispensing money from an ATM,” explained Mestrovich.
The personal identity verification process for FiXs is similar. In addition, FiXs policy, operating rules and interoperable technical components already complied with the PIV I requirements. FiXs created and deployed an interoperable identity cross-credentialing network that was FIPS 201, PIV I-compliant in 2005. It was the intention of the FiXs federation to align itself with PIV II, as the technical and interoperability standards evolved and become finalized. Interoperability was the key.
About the same time that some of the initial work was being done, President Bush in 2004 signed HSPD-12, the “Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors.” The directive requires the development and agency implementation of a mandatory, governmentwide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification for federal employees and contractors.
The policy outlined a timeline for development and implementation of a governmentwide standard, with fraud-resistant criteria for identity verification. In addition, the policy requires that providers must undergo a strict accreditation process. The requirement was to get the right information into the right hands reliably and quickly. The goal of HSPD-12 was to take the mix-and-match of federal systems and create an interoperable system.
Since 2003, the DMDC and FiXs have been working together to develop a secure means of authenticating employees while protecting their personal information. Last year, DoD announced that the DMDC and FiXs had won the Government Solution Center’s first Successful Public/Private Partnership Award for the pilot testing.
“Working together, they developed a completely new system to verify credentials via electronic means,” according to Mestrovich. “The new method provides significant improvements in security and reliability, compared to other methods of human verification.”
The operating polices and rules direct that identity information is stored by the individual’s employer, and not in a master database. No one looks at someone else’s data. The scenario would be that as an individual is seeking access to a secure facility, he or she places a finger on a fingerprint reader. That biometric data is routed to their government or credentialed employer, who then sends back a picture of the individual.
The guard identifies the individual and permits him or her access to the facility. Validation and authentication procedures are uniform across organizations and organizations and government agencies can terminate or invalidate an identity credential in a timely, electronic manner.
“When a person’s affiliation or trustworthiness changes, you know that in as near real-time as possible,” said Mary Dixon, deputy director of DMDC.
Northrop Grumman is implementing and operating the switch for the FiXs Network. EDS, SRA and Northrop Grumman are member service provider companies offering identity management services utilizing the FiXs Network. Wells Fargo is set to provide business identity background verification services to qualify new FiXs members.
Enrollment Scenarios
Enrollment can be accomplished in several different scenarios. Some companies, like EDS and SRA, are already certified to do the enrollment, but the FiXs operating rules and policies dictate how. All of the transactions conform to a set of operating rules managed by the FiXs membership. In addition, they are updated on a continuous basis to conform to developing standards and relevant laws and regulations.
New initiatives are on the table based on an interface between two existing projects: FiXs and the Defense Cross-Credentialing System (DCCIS). According to Jack Radzikowski, FiXs business manager at Northrop Grumman, the system will be introduced as DoD starts deploying DCCIS to military installations worldwide during the next few years.
“Over the last two years, the Department of Defense has been aggressively working on policies and technologies to improve process dealing with identity protection proofing, verification, authentication and use of biometrics,” said Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Ellen Krenke, a DoD spokeswoman. “HSPD-12 instructs all federal agencies and departments to implement smartcard-based security controls for physical access to facilities and logical access to IT systems. Therefore the long-range goal is to provide the most secure identification and verification systems possible between government and its qualifying industry partners.”
Currently, FiXs is in the final stages of testing for its high security global network utility that routes credential authentication requests to and among its members companies and facilities. The goal is to have the testing completed and network operational with DoD by this spring.
“A growing number of government and commercial organizations need highly secure, interoperable systems to manage user authentication and access control across multiple facilities,” said Glenn Argenbright, chief executive officer of Saflink. “Programs like DCCIS and FiXs, which we’ve supported from the outset, provide an important framework for developing those systems.
“DCCIS and FIXs can also draw on the policies and technical standards developed in other government cross credentialing initiatives—including the Personal Identity Verification, Transportation Worker Identification Credential, Common Access Card, US-Visit and Registered Traveler programs,” Argenbright added.
http://www.findbiometrics.com/viewarticle.php?id=175
Department of Defense and Private Federation Sign Agreement Creating Interoperable Identity Network
A federation that includes many of the nation's largest information technology companies announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Department of Defense (DoD) to connect identity systems and establish an interoperable authentication network. The agreement formalizes the relationship between the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems, Inc. (FiXs) and the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), which have been working together since 2003 to develop a secure means of authenticating one another's employees while protecting their personal information.
"Over the last two years the Department of Defense has worked aggressively on policies, processes, and technologies to substantively raise the bar on force protection," said DMDC Deputy Director Mary Dixon. "To do this effectively, we must ensure that the person coming through our gates or in our doors has been given access, that we can confirm that person's identity, and when that person's affiliation or trustworthiness changes, you know that in as near real-time as possible. To accomplish this we are moving towards federated agreements and solutions that allow members to trust each others' credentials. This trust is built on establishing clear, documented, and auditable rules dealing with identity proofing, vetting, authentication, privacy protection, timely revocation, and use of biometrics."
The network established by connecting the DoD and FiXs systems verifies an employee's identity by relying on a federated approach whereby each employee's personal information is maintained by his or her employer. The system is based on the model of commercial ATM networks, in which each customer can use his or her bank's card and each bank retains its customers' account information and relationship. DMDC and all private sector federation members retain their own employees' information; there is no central database. To ensure trust and interoperability, Federation members adhere to a common set of operating rules and a uniform trust model.
The Founding Members of FiXs are:
BearingPoint, Inc.
Data Systems Analysts, Inc
EDS
Lockheed Martin Corporation
NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association
Northrop Grumman
SAFLINK Corporation
SRA International, Inc.
SRP Consulting Group, LLC
3Factor
Unlimited New Dimensions, LLC
Wave Systems Corp.
The Full Members of FiXs are:
Citigroup Inc.
ChoicePoint Government Services
Disaster Management Solutions, Inc.
EID Passport
Giesecke & Devrient Cardtech, Inc.
MAXIMUS
Wells Fargo
Mike Mestrovich, President-Elect of FiXs, explained that the FiXs Board of Directors and other FiXs committees will include a DMDC member and that FiXs will have representation at related DMDC forums and meetings. Mestrovich said, "To ensure interoperability and security within this public/private network, the lines of communication and governance must be open and inclusive."
In keeping with the agreement, FiXs is operating its own trust broker, which will route identification (ID) verification requests between the participating companies. DoD will operate a separate, but connected, trust broker for its employees. The network will include major credentialing systems operated by DMDC.
By relying on both the public and private sectors, the interoperable network will be able to achieve consistency with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 ? a mandate from President Bush that all federal employees and contractors have secure credentials to enter federal buildings and log on to federal computers ? in a way that spreads development and implementation costs between all network participants. The costs of complying with HSPD-12 are further mitigated because in many cases participants can use their own company or government ID and existing legacy systems will remain intact. FiXs will also meet HSPD-12 requirements for secure smart cards when those standards are set in 2006.
For additional information on FiXs, please visit http://www.fixs.org/ .
Contacts:
Mike Mestrovich, mjm@undllc.com (703) 730-3556
Helena Sims, (703) 561-3930 hsims@nacha.org
Unclevern: Thank you as always! Listening is good but reading is so much better better! Jeff
AWK: The government mandating FDE drives alone will take us all to the bank next year! Like you said "it's over!". I'm still struggling to remotely fathom the share price uptake over the next several years? I have to tell you, your posted share price projections could be extremely conservative?!
"And I think we will be successful in getting our government procurement friends to mandate FDE drives next year. I think if they could mandate them today, not only do I think... If they could mandate them today, they would. Seagate is not ready."
barge: Considering the activation rates for the secure drives are projected to be above 90%..... How do you feel about AWK's share price projections for 2007? 5% activation? 15%? Plausible numbers?
barge: You missed:
"first from Seagate and then from others,"
Sounds to me like Wave will be partnering with the other hard drive manufacturers to provide the same new technology?
Nice announcement and we still haven’t gotten to the NTT Data announcement yet? Wonder what else is coming down the pipe over the next month? I'm sure SKS and company got on the line with ST Micro Friday night after a few beers and asked if they could strike up a more significant bundling deal that they could announce by Tuesday morning? Plan’s or agenda’s anybody? Very happy I bought yesterday unlike our small friends.
Peace to you mahja! I'm thinking your right about numbers attached to the NTT announcement. Jeff
guv: You’re absolutely correct! I know exactly how your stomach ailment feels every time I see a doom and gloom crybaby about management and embellish how the company is going bankrupt because their going to run out of money. The era that my stomach turned the most was how much trouble Wave was in due the SEC and class action suits that have turned up absolutely nothing for how many years now? It turned out the biggest firm litigating against Wave has other issues to contend with now like prison time maybe? The sky sure has fallen over those issues hasn't it? Boo Hoo for the angry and spiteful who made stupid investment decisions and lost money on this stock and who can't man up to the fact of their ignorance and simply move on. The pessimism of these folks is so dark and draining to those who made better decisions or those who didn’t but continue to tough it out with an optimistic perspective. I feel your pain.
cmf: Good point. Again, we'll see. Take it easy. Jeff
cmf: "Bringing it to a vote" hardly equals "it's a done deal" dude. If and potentially when your right then and ONLY then is it a done deal.
cmf: Your only right if Wave is delisted or if there is a reverse split. How many said the SEC investigation and class action garbage was the end of Wave too? Still no evidence any of that is going to make any difference whether Wave succeeds.
Helpful: Thank you for that post! Let me take a stab at understanding for fun:)
"Philosophically speaking--and only I will understand this, I'm afraid--I view this as the FINAL FRIGHT... the final illusion... which we need to get through. Yeah, but, nobody will get that one..."
Is it that it's all in reality just an illusion and that the illusion is interpreted individually by most through hope and fear? Could this be the "FINAL FRIGHT" that many collectively experience relating to this investment or the illusion itself? Jeff
Preacher: Your exactly right. I'm upping my investment on Monday because I don't believe that will happen. Time will tell over the next month Jeff
Dame: I hear and understand your reasoning but if your truly a "loyal" shareholder who knows revenues are coming and why their coming then I guess you wont be selling on Monday will you? In fact, you'll be buying? Jeff
bluz: Good points. You may be exactly right? I will remind you that ALL companies have secret plans and agendas to either serve the companies and shareholders best interest or not. If all their plans and agendas were immediately made public then the overall market and economy would look a whole lot different. Ridding this investment of the rampant shorts would be in the shareholders and companies best interest. Sprague and Feeney have recently expressed their frustration with the shorting of the stock. I believe it to be delusional not to consider the implications of a reverse split making the share price and ownership healthy before a significant rise. Respectfully. Jeff
preacherman: "But we need access to money you say, then sell Wave Express, Cut back expenses, or put up a portion of the Company FOR SALE by someone with DEEP POCKETS." Preacher, Wave is hiring for goodness sake!!! Hiring those who have Japanese language abilities man!!!! Selling Wave Express? Cut back expenses? Portion of the company for sale? How about a mind blowing announcement from NTT bluelighting Wave? How about a Wave / NTT PR with solid revenue projections? How about a DOD contract PR with revenue projections? Wave's spending money and upsizing my friend. Yet another indicator of my previous post.
orda: Your right Wavoids are their own worst enemy. I will also add Wavoids are predictable as hell. Wave leadership knows this after 10 years of an intimate relationship with it's shareholders.
mundo: The overall sentiment of the board is we don’t like it. Wave leadership knew the sentiment of their shareholders (including myself initially) would be negative with this news. No surprise for Wave leadership there. It simply comes down to is Wave truly in desperation to remain on the Nasdaq for future financing needs just to stay afloat or is this a signal that Wave is getting ready to explode as Trust and Snackman have suggested? Is Wave leadership truly that desperate at this point of the game to piss off their faithful shareholders after all these years? I would remind everybody that Waves last financing round at market price is a significant indicator that the desperation just isn't there. On the other hand, there's huge upside to separating the wheat from the chaff as it relates to the shorts and investors (no names) who plan on jumping in at less than 2 bucks when the tsunami comes without notice. In other words, a reverse split would lock many of us longs into an investment that will be awfully tough to get into financially for many when the explosion happens. I’m buying heavily on Monday.
trust: Thanks for those thoughts. After sleeping on the intial announcement I can see your reasoning more clearly. Thanks again!
Weby: I completely concur! No doubts about our investment but this is lame in the short run.
Who know's?
http://news.com.com/Intels+Viiv-talking+pitch+for+PCs/2100-1003_3-6058305.html
"Unfortunately, the first PCs to arrive with Intel's Viiv brand over the last few weeks have been incremental improvements to existing Windows Media Center PCs, updated with dual-core processors, a sophisticated pause button and a colorful sticker. That won't change much until Intel releases a software update sometime in the second half of this year."
"No one wants to over-promise anything, but there is this momentum building," said Todd Titera, senior manager of desktop products for Gateway."
Intel's main promise for Viiv-branded products is that they will allow home entertainment buffs to stream downloaded video files from a PC's hard drive to a television in another room of the house, or move those files to a handheld personal media player. These capabilities won't be introduced until later this year, when Intel releases a software update that current Viiv PC owners can install to enable the new features, said Kari Skoog, an Intel spokeswoman. Intel hasn't determined how it plans to release this update, version 1.5, but promises it will be easy to implement, she said.
"That software will also enable a technology called Intel Hub Connect, which is designed to make it easy to set up a home network with a Viiv PC, a Viiv-certified wireless networking router, and other consumer electronics gear like a Viiv-certified wireless TV or set-top box. DirecTV announced plans at CES to release a set-top box that works with Viiv devices."
"On the content side, current Viiv PCs come with links to content from companies like MTV, ESPN and AOL highlighted in the "Online Spotlight" window of Windows Media Center's interface, although non-Viiv Windows Media Center PCs also have access to that content."
C'mon CPA? You know Wave has a relationship with EDS currently. EDS holds Wave's key root of trust and their a founding member of Fixs along with EDS. And you say you dont have an agenda? If you dont have an agenda then I suppose you can plead ignorance. If it's sheer ignorance after all the years you've been around then you have a long way to go in understanding what's really going on in Trusted Computing and where Wave fits into that movement. IMO you will continue your agenda.
http://www.findbiometrics.com/viewarticle.php?id=175
Department of Defense and Private Federation Sign Agreement Creating Interoperable Identity Network
A federation that includes many of the nation's largest information technology companies announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Department of Defense (DoD) to connect identity systems and establish an interoperable authentication network. The agreement formalizes the relationship between the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems, Inc. (FiXs) and the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), which have been working together since 2003 to develop a secure means of authenticating one another's employees while protecting their personal information.
"Over the last two years the Department of Defense has worked aggressively on policies, processes, and technologies to substantively raise the bar on force protection," said DMDC Deputy Director Mary Dixon. "To do this effectively, we must ensure that the person coming through our gates or in our doors has been given access, that we can confirm that person's identity, and when that person's affiliation or trustworthiness changes, you know that in as near real-time as possible. To accomplish this we are moving towards federated agreements and solutions that allow members to trust each others' credentials. This trust is built on establishing clear, documented, and auditable rules dealing with identity proofing, vetting, authentication, privacy protection, timely revocation, and use of biometrics."
The network established by connecting the DoD and FiXs systems verifies an employee's identity by relying on a federated approach whereby each employee's personal information is maintained by his or her employer. The system is based on the model of commercial ATM networks, in which each customer can use his or her bank's card and each bank retains its customers' account information and relationship. DMDC and all private sector federation members retain their own employees' information; there is no central database. To ensure trust and interoperability, Federation members adhere to a common set of operating rules and a uniform trust model.
The Founding Members of FiXs are:
BearingPoint, Inc.
Data Systems Analysts, Inc
EDS
Lockheed Martin Corporation
NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association
Northrop Grumman
SAFLINK Corporation
SRA International, Inc.
SRP Consulting Group, LLC
3Factor
Unlimited New Dimensions, LLC
Wave Systems Corp.
The Full Members of FiXs are:
Citigroup Inc.
ChoicePoint Government Services
Disaster Management Solutions, Inc.
EID Passport
Giesecke & Devrient Cardtech, Inc.
MAXIMUS
Wells Fargo
Mike Mestrovich, President-Elect of FiXs, explained that the FiXs Board of Directors and other FiXs committees will include a DMDC member and that FiXs will have representation at related DMDC forums and meetings. Mestrovich said, "To ensure interoperability and security within this public/private network, the lines of communication and governance must be open and inclusive."
In keeping with the agreement, FiXs is operating its own trust broker, which will route identification (ID) verification requests between the participating companies. DoD will operate a separate, but connected, trust broker for its employees. The network will include major credentialing systems operated by DMDC.
By relying on both the public and private sectors, the interoperable network will be able to achieve consistency with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 ? a mandate from President Bush that all federal employees and contractors have secure credentials to enter federal buildings and log on to federal computers ? in a way that spreads development and implementation costs between all network participants. The costs of complying with HSPD-12 are further mitigated because in many cases participants can use their own company or government ID and existing legacy systems will remain intact. FiXs will also meet HSPD-12 requirements for secure smart cards when those standards are set in 2006.
For additional information on FiXs, please visit http://www.fixs.org/ .
Contacts:
Mike Mestrovich, mjm@undllc.com (703) 730-3556
Helena Sims, (703) 561-3930 hsims@nacha.org
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CS: I like page 4 as well..
For more information
PCs with Intel vPro technology give IT administrators critical, hardware-based security and
manageability capabilities not available in software-only solutions. [b}When provisioned with
third-party software, these PCs make it easier for IT to manage and secure desktop systems
directly from the IT console, regardless of PC power state or the health of the OS.
cs: I can tell you already the Dell contract Cobb County signed produced significant public negativity. It seems they spent most of their entire budget for next year on the contract and have no room to hire new teachers. Say's the local papers. Go figure?
cs: My kids go to Cobb County schools. I'll check into the extent of this deployment and training and report if anything significant. Jeff
No doubt about it! Had to be the best email of the year for me! Hope everybody took the time to review it... Jeff
Thanks CM!!
Foam: Absolutely incredible!!! Thank you! Jeff
Wow Tampa! Excellent post dude! Jeff
Thanks Mundo for the update! Look forward to "the rest of the story" soon.
Incredible! Thank you Foam!
Mundo: Any report back?
Snap!!!! Nice find Doma!!!
attcav: You may be right. I suppose the licensing scenario could go several directions? As you can see from my original post I find Wave's client side business crucial to their long term existence. Not necessarily from a revenue standpoint but from a market longevity standpoint. There are certain components of the TAN that Wave wants to control and is not willing to give away without licensing IMO. Jeff
Scorpio: Thanks for your answer. I got a little confused from Awks answer to Matt but realized from later posts he's still saying the same thing he has been over the years. I thought maybe he was eluding to a "phase 5" scenario for Wave. My stupidity. My ignorance. Thanks again for your response! Jeff
Awk: You say:
"I don't think it is Wave's mission to build the secure OS, or the Nexus OS...or whatever it is called. And I don't think they will. Wave's goal is to deploy a "Transaction Engine" into all secure execution environments, be that VT/LT in the PC space or "TrustZone" in the mobile space..."
So would you say Wave's mission is to deploy something similar to IBM's virtual engine?
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ac-ve/
Just trying to understand partner! You know it's tough trying to keep up with you! I'm sure i'll never catch up but i'm trying hard as hell! Thanks in advance. Jeff
attcav:
"Wave definitely seems to have a play here too, even if this isn't or hasn't been their primary focus."
I believe Wave has ALWAYS had their primary focus on providing the Nexus Kernel os. The Nexus goes hand in hand with their end user trusted apps business as it relates to trustzone, lagrand etc. This is what a small few on this board have believed for years. I believe we're seeing this particular business model come into fruition quickly.
I find it funny that the following has been on Microsofts site for so long and is still there today:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/security/news/ngscb.mspx?mfr=true
"NGSCB is being designed so that a Windows-based PC with the requisite hardware will be able to run different nexuses, although only one nexus at a time will be able to run on a machine. Anyone can write a nexus (licensing issues will be involved and licensing terms have not yet been announced). The user always has the ultimate authority over what nexuses are allowed to run."