Corestreet's PIVMAN breaks into the muncipal market
Los Angeles is planning its own ID initiative but wants to be able to identify federal employees as well; deal shows an expanding FIPS-201 market segment, at least in areas where federal and city employees work closely together
HSPD-12 is a federal program, but there is no reason why municipal governments should not reap some of the benefits. Consider Los Angeles as an example. As part of its Urban Area Security Initiative, the city has recently teamed up with Cambridge, Massachusetts-based CoreStreet to deploy the company’s PIVMAN mobile credentialing system — the reason being the large number of federal employees working side-by-side with city workers. Los Angeles is planning its own identification system, to be handled by McLean, Virginia-based Supercom, and the flexible PIVMAN technology can handle both federal and the prospective city IDs. PIVMAN is also compatible with the DoD Common Access Card, the First Responder Authentication Credential, and the Transportation Worker Identification Credential.
For CoreStreet, the deal is a strong step towards expanding its core product market beyond the federal sector. “We are very excited to be part of this project,” “Many of our recent efforts have focused on the National Capital Region, where we have seen the most FIPS 201-related activity,” said CoreStreet CEO Chris Broderick. “Yet, the city of Los Angeles confirms its status as a standard bearer by understanding the far-reaching importance of this credentialing initiative. FIPS 201 stands to affect every state and local government, even those well beyond the beltway.”
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