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Trust the FIPS 201 Specialists: Hirsch
HSPD-12, FIPS 201, PIV questions? Hirsch Electronics has your answers.
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White Paper Helps
Security Directors Migrate To FIPS 201
Security directors and those responsible for physical
access control systems (PACS) within government agencies have a new
resource to help them choose the right path to accept FIPS 201 compliant
credentials -- a white paper, developed by the Smart Card Alliance
Physical Access Council in collaboration with the Open Security Exchange
(OSE), Security Industry Association (SIA) and International Biometric
Industry Association (IBIA).
The white paper, "Physical Access Control System Migration Options for
Using FIPS 201-1 Compliant Credentials," directly addresses challenges
unique to PACS when transitioning to FIPS 201-1 compliant credentials
(the Personal Identity Verification card, known as the PIV card). It
describes key elements of a typical PACS, identifies migration
considerations relative to each and outlines various migration options
and their benefits and challenges. The white paper also discusses
options for integration, PACS enrollment and registration and
biometrics.
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Questions Linger
While Nation Prepares For Terror Drill
The nation is preparing for its biggest terrorism
exercise ever when three fictional "dirty bombs" will go off and cripple
transportation arteries in two major U.S. cities and Guam, according to
a document obtained by The Associated Press.
Yet even as this drill begins, details from the previous national
exercise held in 2005 have yet to be publicly released -- information
that's supposed to help officials prepare for the next real attack.
House lawmakers have demanded answers, including why the "after-action"
report from 2005 hasn't been made public. Congress has required the
exercise since 2000, but has done little in the way of oversight beyond
attending the actual events, according to AP.
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Lenel IdentityDefender is a modular, off-the-shelf solution that meets
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enrollment, verification and issuance, as dictated by HSPD-12 and FIPS
201. Lenel is on the GSA Approved Product List for FIPS 201. www.lenel.com
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Transportation
Worker ID Credential Program Making Progress
On Oct. 16, port workers, longshoremen, truckers and
others at the port of Wilmington, Del., became the first workers in the
nation to enroll in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS)
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The
program ensures that any individual who has unescorted access to secure
areas of port facilities and vessels has received a thorough background
check and is not a security threat.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the U.S. Coast
Guard have announced other developments including the release of the
next 11 ports where enrollment will begin in this month, publication of
an updated port site list with additional enrollment locations and a
revised final rule that lowered the credential fee to $132.50.
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Officials Claim
Screeners Report "Misleading"
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) calls a
report misleading claiming security screeners at O'Hare missed about 60
percent of bomb materials and explosives hidden in carry-on items during
recent tests.
According to the TSA report, 60 percent of bomb materials and explosives
hidden in carry-on items by undercover TSA agents were missed by
screeners at O'Hare, according to a release from U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk. At
Los Angeles International Airport, screeners missed 75 percent of bomb
materials, while at San Francisco International, a private screening
company missed 20 percent of bomb materials.
But TSA spokeswoman Lara Uselding, who says tests are conducted at every
airport in the nation, told Sting Wire Reports that the leaked figures
actually reflect 2006 test results and things have improved in the past
year.
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Chemical
Plants Seeing Widespread Demand For Screening
In April 2007, experts projected only about 10,000
chemical plants would need to submit to the Department of Homeland
Security's (DHS) Top Screen in 2007. As of Oct. 1, 2007, a staggering
40,000 plus plants have submitted Top Screens for review.
Why the huge discrepancy?
The government and the petrochemical industry are facing the very real
fact that our critical infrastructure is currently being targeted for
attack and that vulnerability exists. Many chemical plants previously
thought to be negligible to our national security have been found to
play integral roles in the stability of the nation's critical
infrastructure.
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Procurement Watch
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- Arotech Corp.'s Training and Simulation
Division, Ann Arbor, Mich., has received orders totaling more than $3.2
million from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from Arotech's
IES Interactive Training subsidiary.
- The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Domestic Nuclear
Detection Office (DNDO) has announced three contracts related to
Stand-Off Radiation Detection System demonstrations. They were awarded
to General Electric Global Research, Niskayuna, N.Y., Science
Applications International Corp., San Diego and Naval Research
Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
- ArmorGroup North America, McLean, Va., provider of protective
security services, has been re-awarded the contract to provide security
operations services at the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain and other U.S.
Government locations in the United Arab Emirates.
- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Falls Church,
Va., a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded the $20
million Target Recognition and Advanced Identification Development and
Evaluation (TRAIDE) contract by the U.S. Air Force Research
Laboratory.
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