CoreStreet Products Available Through GSA SIN 132-62.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- All FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. 201 Approved CoreStreet Products Are Now Listed CoreStreet, the leader in infrastructure and applications for smart credential and convergence programs, announced today that its products are now available through the US General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. (GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. ) Schedule 70 Special Item Number (SIN) 132-62. Those products listed under SIN 132-62 include CoreStreet's patented Federal Information Processing Standard Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors. 201 (FIPS 201) approved Online Certificate Status Protocol The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) is an Internet protocol used for obtaining the revocation status of an X.509 digital certificate. It is described in RFC 2560 and is on the Internet standards track. (OCSP OCSP Online Certificate Status Protocol OCSP Off-Campus Study Program ) products: the Common Criteria certified CoreStreet Validation Authority; the Path Builder System; and the Responder Appliance 2400. These and other CoreStreet software products are designed to ensure the validity of smart credentials and their bearers anywhere in the world, for deployments of any size. "Our goal at CoreStreet is to develop products that are not only open standards compliant, but also compliant with critical government initiatives," said Phil Libin, president of CoreStreet. "We strive to help government organizations meet their HSPD-12 needs. Having our products available on SIN 132-62 does just that." The SIN 132-62 was established for products and services that enable organizations to implement the requirements of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and FIPS 201. The goal of the Directive is the creation of a single, government-wide credential, which can be used to access both physical and logical resources. All federal agencies must be compliant by October 27, 2006. Around the world, public and private organizations have deployed CoreStreet software to provide certificate validation for smart credential programs. One such example is the US Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. ) Program, which runs the CoreStreet Validation Authority and related products as part of the CAC infrastructure. About CoreStreet Every day, the world's most demanding government and commercial enterprises rely on CoreStreet software and expertise to power their smart credential and convergence programs. More information, including technical whitepapers, industry solution studies and a list of the patents awarded to the company, is available at www.corestreet.com. |
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