Three CoreStreet OCSP Products Receive FIPS 201 Approval; First OCSP products to be added to the GSA Approved Products List.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- First graph, first sentence of release should read: ...have been approved by 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. (sted: US Government Services Administration) The corrected release reads: THREE CORESTREET OCSP OCSP Online Certificate Status Protocol OCSP Off-Campus Study Program PRODUCTS RECEIVE 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 APPROVAL First OCSP products to be added to the 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. Approved Products List CoreStreet, a software leader in infrastructure and applications for smart credential programs, announced today that the CoreStreet Validation Authority, the CoreStreet Responder Appliance 2400 and the Path Builder System have been approved by the US General Services Administration (GSA) as compliant with the 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). As mandated by FIPS 201, Public Key Infrastructures (PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of ) must provide 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) for certificate validation. Doing so requires a Validation Authority and a distributed network of responders. CoreStreet's Validation Authority has been deployed by the US Department of Defense and other large government agencies worldwide. Organizations looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. maximum performance and availability from an OCSP responder can deploy the keyless, security hardened Responder Appliance 2400 locally in their facility. CoreStreet's Path Builder System is designed for those wishing to validate credentials across multiple organizations. "FIPS 201 is a milestone achievement for the US Government, but compliance is no easy task. The Approved Products List is a great resource that significantly eases the selection process," said Phil Libin, CoreStreet president. "CoreStreet has a history of helping the US Government achieve its smart credential goals. Together with our partners and leading systems integrators, we are ensuring that our customers succeed in meeting the October deadline for compliance." Under FIPS 201, all issued credentials must contain one or more digital certificates. These certificates are used to validate the status of each cardholder card·hold·er n. One who holds a card, especially a credit card. card  hold when accessing IT resources and applications, including digitally signed emails, smart card logon, and access to secure web portals. CoreStreet's Validation Infrastructure products are standards-based and designed to meet the requirements of FIPS 201 by validating credentials of organizations of any size in fractions of a second, establishing trust for a variety of critical applications. In August of 2004, the White House issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), which set out the goal of establishing a single, government-wide credential that individuals could use for access to physical and IT systems. FIPS 201 outlines the technical requirements of such a system, along with a deadline for compliance -October 27, 2006. About CoreStreet Every day, the world's most demanding government and commercial enterprises rely on CoreStreet software 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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