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Intercede Group PLC
07 December 2011
Intercede, Oxford Computer Group and Gemalto Announce US Sales
Alliance
Industry Leaders Team to Deliver Personal Identity Verification
(PIV) Solutions Based on Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager
(FIM)
Leicestershire, England, and Bellevue, WA, December 7, 2011 -
Intercede Group plc, the developer of the Intercede MyID(R)
Identity and Credential Management System and Oxford Computer Group
LLC, a Microsoft Gold Partner for Identity and Security Solutions,
today announced they have signed a strategic partnership agreement
to deliver PIV solutions to non-Federal organizations.
Furthermore, OCG announces today that they have also teamed with
Gemalto to extend the scope of this market offering to include the
supply of smart card and associated components. Gemalto is already
an Intercede partner.
This alliance brings a preconfigured, end-to-end PIV solution to
market for enterprises (i.e. state and local governments and
critical infrastructure businesses) who want to use the PIV
standard (PIV-Interoperable or PIV-Compatible depending on the
organizations relationship with Federal Government). The PIV
standard is a set of requirements that can be used for
organizations external to the Federal Government to create
credentials that are based upon a well-defined set of standards
from both the technical and the issuance perspective.
The underlying rationale for using PIV is that user names and
passwords are vulnerable. News headlines appear on an
ever-increasing basis regarding high profile cyber-attacks aiming
to penetrate networks, systems, and data. PIV-I offers an effective
means for organizations to strengthen their cyber defenses by
implementing multifactor authentication thus providing increased
identity verification. PIV-I offers a standard based framework from
which to combat identity fraud and tampering.
The Intercede MyID Identity and Credential Management System
enables organizations to enroll, issue and manage the lifecycle of
smart cards, USB authentication devices, PKI certificates,
biometrics and other identity credentials. The release of the
Intercede MyID Management Agent (MA) for Microsoft Forefront
Identity Manager 2010 (FIM) enables Intercede MyID to work as a
'plug-in' into FIM. In essence, MyID PIV extends FIM 2010 to
include support for PIV-I standard smartcards.
FIM 2010 is an Identity and Access Management platform that
provides powerful self-service capabilities for end users, rich
administrative tools and enhanced automation for common identity,
certificate, and smartcard lifecycle management tasks. With MyID MA
for FIM, organizations that rely on Microsoft infrastructure can
now take advantage of Intercede MyID to include support for PIV-I
smartcards in their defenses against cyber-attack and identity
fraud.
Oxford Computer Group (OCG) has 600+ enterprise projects
completed and more than 6,000 people trained on Microsoft Identity
and Access Management (IAM) and Information Protection. With a
wealth of knowledge and a team of experienced consultants and
architects, OCG can design, build and deploy complete identity and
security solutions quickly.
The benefits to our new partnership is that MyID ensures the
credentials are issued to PIV- I or PIV-C standards, MyID MA for
FIM leverages the investments that enterprises have made with FIM
and OCG can implement the complete end-to-end PIV identity and
security solution quickly and cost effectively.
Richard Parris, Intercede Chairman and Chief Executive said;
"Oxford Computer Group is an important new partner for Intercede,
servicing non-Federal Government clients with a complete end-to-end
PIV solution. OCG's choice of Intercede's MyID and MyID MA for FIM
to provide a complete identity and security solution allows them to
implement a solution much more quickly and effectively than
equivalent systems. This opportunity also leverages the installed
base of Microsoft FIM clients and OCG is in an excellent position
to exploit this market. The addition of Gemalto to the alliance
further extends the market reach and sales horsepower behind our
joint team"
Marvin Tansley, President of Oxford Computer Group said; "After
years of watching this space it is very exciting to work with
Intercede's MyID system to deliver an end-to-end PIV solution for
non-Federal customers that need to better protect the critical
infrastructure for the USA. Using MyID, we are able to deploy a
full end-to-end identity and credentialing system in a fraction of
the time and cost compared to using a more traditional systems
integration approach."
Calvin Choe, Director of Partner Engineering, Microsoft
Corporation said; "Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010
enables the automated and rapid provisioning and de-provisioning of
user accounts and credentials. Intercede, Oxford Computer Group and
Gemalto working together are a great example of how our partner
companies are leveraging new features and technology improvements
in our products to help joint customers save time and money".
Tom Flynn, Vice President of Sales Online Authentication, of
Gemalto North America, said; "Gemalto is the long standing leader
in the development of smart card based digital security solutions,
having delivered over 25 million PIV-accredited smart cards for
both enterprise and government customers. Uniting Gemalto,
Intercede and Oxford Computer Group will produce a truly commercial
off-the-shelf solution to meet the current and urgent cyber
security needs of the nation's critical infrastructure providers
and major enterprises."
ENQUIRIES
Intercede Group plc Tel. +44 (0)1455 558111
Richard Parris, Chairman & Chief
Executive
Andrew Walker, Finance Director
FinnCap Tel. +44 (0)20 7600 1658
Charles Cunningham, Corporate Finance
Rose Herbert, Corporate Finance
Joanna Weaving, Corporate Broking
Pelham Bell Pottinger Tel. +44 (0)20 7861 3112
Archie Berens
Clare Gilbey
About Intercede:
Intercede is the producer of the MyID Identity and Credential
Management System and MyID Management Agent for Microsoft Forefront
Identity Manager 2010.
Intercede MyID technology is being used around the world by
large corporations, governments and banks to manage millions of
identities for employees, citizens and customers. Notable
deployments in the US include 14 federal agencies, two million
smart cards in support of the US Transportation Worker Identity
Credential program (TWIC), four US financial institutions and
340,000 smart corporate identity badges for Boeing, Booz Allen
Hamilton and Lockheed Martin. In Europe, Australasia and the Middle
East, Intercede MyID is being deployed in support of government
identity, financial services, health and corporate employee ID
security projects.
Intercede MyID is the only IDCMS software product that enables
organizations to easily and securely manage the identities of
people and their associated identity credentials within a single,
integrated, workflow driven platform. This includes enabling and
managing secure registration, biometric capture, application
vetting and approval through to smart card personalization,
issuance and management.
Intercede MyID was the first electronic personalization product
to achieve compliance with the US FIPS-201 Personal Identity
Verification (PIV) standard and is widely deployed by federal
agencies, government contractors and other commercial entities. In
particular, it supports the latest standards applicable for all
PIV, PIV-Interoperable and PIV-Compatible deployments.
It can issue and manage a wide variety of identities and
credentials, providing customers with a platform that can meet
their needs now and in the future. It is a fully supported
commercial off-the-shelf product that can be quickly deployed for
thousands or millions of users.
For more information contact:
info@intercede.com or visit www.intercede.com or call
+44-1455-558111
About Oxford Computer Group:
Oxford Computer Group (OCG) is an IT service company that
specializes in Identity and Security with a particular focus on
Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Information Protection.
With 600+ enterprise projects completed and more than 6000 people
trained on Microsoft IAM technologies, OCG has a wealth of
expertise, solution components and training courses to offer.
For more information contact:
info@oxfordcomputergroup.com or visit
www.oxfordcomputergroup.com or call 877-261-1617
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