Integrated Engineering, a world leading powerhouse in the contactless smart card industry, announced today that its contactless SmartID readers have been approved by the US General Services Administration (GSA) as compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201).Integrated Engineering, a world leading powerhouse in the contactless smart card industry, announced today that its contactless SmartID readers have been approved by the US General Services Administration (GSA) as compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201). Integrated Engineering’s readers are the first GSA PIV II Certified smart card readers included on the GSA Approved Products list for FIPS 201 compliant projects.
“We are very pleased to be the first company to receive the GSA FIPS 201 PIVII certification for contactless physical and logical smart card readers. With our GSA FIPS 201 certification, we enable federal customers to buy FIPS 201 compliant readers from our company,” says Mr. JP Hulsker, Managing Director of Integrated Engineering. “We believe that the Approved Products List from GSA is a great resource and we believe in the importance of delivering compliant readers. This way the U.S. government can benefit from our knowledge and experience within the market.”
Due to several events, the need for tighter logical and physical security controls has increased. Therefore, the White House issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) in August 2004. HSPD-12 sets out the goal of establishing a single government-wide credential that federal employees and contractors could use for access to physical and IT systems. FIPS 201 is a United States federal standard that specifies Personal Identity Verification (PIV) requirements for federal employees and contractors. Mandated by HSPD-12 all Federal Agencies must begin issuing FIPS 201 compliant PIVII cards by 27th October 2006.
About Integrated Engineering
Integrated Engineering is a leading powerhouse in the contact less smart card industry, which has developed high quality products that provide contact less smart card solutions. They assure customers global support through offices in The Netherlands (head office), Asia Pacific, and The United States of America. Integrated Engineering distinguishes itself through design and manufacture of trend-setting products providing innovative contact less smart security and identification solutions.
Integrated Engineering is an organization that continuously develops and markets its products and solutions focused in the area of physical and logical security, public transport, and retail. It is a Certified ISO 9001 company that remains
flexible to act as an innovative partner meeting the changing needs of their clients. The products meet the increasing demand for intelligent smart card solutions based on world wide accepted standards like ISO 14443 and ISO 15693.
For further information concerning Integrated Engineering, please contact:
For the USA:
Mr. Steve Rogers (West Coast)
E : steve@smart-id.com
Mr. Mike Zercher (East Coast)
E : mike@smart-id.com
For Europe:
Mr. JP Hulsker
E : jp@smart-id.com
Mrs. Milaine de Roos (For photo materials and all press related issues)
E : Milaine@smart-id.com
Press contactMilaine de Roos
T +31 20 462 0755
E marketing@smart-ID.com
About Integrated EngineeringIntegrated Engineering is a leading powerhouse in the smart card industry, which develops high quality products that provide contactless (RFID) smart card solutions. We assure customers global support through offices in The Netherlands (head office) and The United States of America.
More information : http://www.smart-ID.com
