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SPYRUS Media Contact:
Tom Dickens
Chief Operating Officer
Phone: +1 (408) 953-0700
tdickens@spyrus.com
DoD Awards Follow-on Common Access Card (CAC) and Biometrics Contract to BearingPoint™, with SPYRUS® providing its Rosetta CSI CAC middleware enabled for biometric support.
BearingPoint, with SPYRUS, Saflink™, and Identix®, selected to demonstrate biometric technologies on the DOD's CAC
McLean, VA, November 18, 2002 - BearingPoint Inc. (NYSE:BE), one of the world’s largest business consulting and systems integration firms, announced today that it is participating in the second phase of the Department of Defense (DoD) Common Access Card Biometric Working Group (CAC/BWG) technical demonstrations and evaluations.
The Defense Department’s Common Access Card, or CAC, is a smart card with an embedded computer chip that is part of the DOD’s enterprise-wide effort to improve security at its installations worldwide. The CAC is intended to enable physical, authorized access to installations, buildings, and controlled spaces, as well as gain access to military computer networks and systems. The CAC is the standard identification card for all active-duty military personnel, Selected Reserve and National Guard, as well as the Department’s civilian employees and eligible contractors. Over one million cards have been issued to date, with distribution expected to exceed four million in the next year.
Under the previous contract awarded to KPMG Consulting, which is now BearingPoint, the BearingPoint Team explored the secure storage and matching of biometric templates by demonstrating that a biometric can be securely stored and/or matched on the server, the client, or the CAC. The new contract demonstrates the use of a smart card (CAC) and a biometric to replace username and password to securely log on to applications such as the Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory Network and SSL protected web sites.
The BearingPoint Smart Card Solution Team on this effort includes: SAFLINK™ Corporation (OTC BB: SFLK), who will provide the infrastructure software for enterprise and web-based biometric network authentication, SPYRUS, Inc., who will provide its CAC software solutions and will enable a web site for authentication via the CAC and biometric; and Identix, Inc., (Nasdaq: IDNX), who will provide fingerprint biometric devices and matching algorithms.
BearingPoint’s team will provide development, training, testing, and post-delivery support to the Department of Defense’s Biometric Working Group, Biometrics Management Office, and Biometrics Fusion Center.
About SPYRUS
SPYRUS, Inc., based in San Jose, California, delivers complete high assurance lifecycle identity management solutions for the government and corporate markets. These user-friendly solutions safeguard computer and network resources while simplifying administration, reducing cost-of-ownership, and raising overall security assurance levels, specifically for Microsoft platforms. The Company is the leading U.S.-based provider of FIPS 140-1 Level 2 and Level 3 cryptographic smart tokens and software servicing several significant Department of Defense programs. SPYRUS has developed unique, fully compliant Rosetta Common Services Interface (Rosetta CSI) middleware that is certified to support the Common Access Card program. Rosetta CSI supports multiple high assurance smart tokens and provides multiple encryption and signature algorithms that can secure the biometrics for transmission or storage. www.spyrus.com
SPYRUS Media Contact:
Tom Dickens
Chief Operating Officer
Phone: +1 (408) 953-0700
tdickens@spyrus.com
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