A FIPS 201 Bridge Across the Seas and the Expanding World of PIV-I

One more example of how FIPS 201 and Personal Identity Verification Interoperability (PIV-I) and cross certification to the Federal Bridge Certificate Authority continue to gain momentum as an enterprise credentialing standard is the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP). This brings into play foreign national governments (UK and Netherlands Ministries of Defence in addition to the US DoD and GSA) and foreign multinational corporations. TSCP chains to the Federal Bridge Certificate Authority through Exostar and Certipath. Primarily aerospace in focus it includes the who's who of companies in the field.

If you look at these organizations its clear how it sets up FIPS 201 and PIV-I to make headway in the European Community. It sets up significant enterprises for FIPS 201 credentials in their next refresh cycle. It further confirms the vitality of PKI and its basis for identity federations interested in strong authentication.

This is not news, the change in DoD policy to accept "comparable credentials" actually came out 22 July 2008. However it is another brick in the wall in making the case that FIPS 201 is not just about US Government employees and contractors. So for matters of completeness its an important addendum to the last post.