Terms of the contract call for the deployment and use of personalized smart ID credentials for secure access to information systems and federal buildings. In addition, Gemalto will provide technical advice and integration and delivery services. Intercede is providing the card management system within Gemalto’s SafesITe government platform.
The digital security firm says that, as a provider of FIPS 201 compliant devices, applets, middleware and card management services, it is committed to delivering a platform for secure access and security solutions to the federal government.
Gemalto has supplied more than 12 million microprocessor-based smart cards to several government agencies, including the Department of Defense, which has deployed 11 million of its common access cards.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, or HSPD-12, mandates that all US federal agencies begin to issue their employees and subcontractors personal identity verification II cards.
