Intercede Group PLC
19 December 2006
19 DECEMBER 2006
INTERCEDE GROUP PLC
('Intercede' or 'the Company')
Further US Federal Government Win
Intercede is delighted to inform the market that RSA Security Inc., has been
awarded a contract by the US Government's General Services Adminstration (GSA),
to provide RSA Card Manager to an unnamed Federal Agency in support of their
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) compliance. RSA Card
Manager is powered by Intercede's MyID technology, under an OEM licence
agreement announced in 2005. This order was placed by GSA on behalf of a
significant +100,000 person independent federal agency, not previously announced
by Intercede.
GSA Award Notice http://www.fbo.gov/spg/GSA/FTS/ASD3TS/Awards/
GST0307DSC3001.html values this contract at $952,977. Under the terms of
Intercede's OEM contract with RSA, Intercede will receive an agreed percentage
of this contract value.
Although the contract has only recently been awarded, RSA Card Manager was used
to issue a HSPD-12 credential to the Commissioner of the Agency concerned on
Wednesday October 18, 2006, in advance of the mandated October 27, 2006
deadline.
Richard Parris, Chairman & Chief Executive of Intercede, commented:
'Intercede are delighted that RSA Security have been selected to provide a MyID
powered solution to this important Agency. This announcement demonstrates that
MyID has the flexibility and scalability to be deployed in a large Federal
Agency where multiple technologies and solutions have been integrated to deliver
an end-to-end capability.'
About HSPD-12
HSPD-12 is one of the most important and high profile security directives of
recent years. It was issued by President Bush himself in August 2004 and
required, firstly, the creation of an official federal standard (FIPS-201) for
Personal Identity Verification (PIV), which would prescribe technologies and
processes for the effective vetting and access control of all federal employees
and contractors. The second requirement of HSPD-12 was for every US Federal
Agency to have implemented a PIV solution by the end of October 2006, with all
employees and contractors required to have a personal-201 compliant, smart card
based identity card one year later. Each of these cards will be issued and
managed using a management system such as MyID.
All HSPD-12 solutions must by mandate only incorporate products that have been
exhaustively tested against by the US General Services Administration (GSA), and
included in the GSA's Approved Product List for PIV products. Intercede
announced on October 4, 2006 that it had become the first product in its
category to achieve this coveted status.
It is estimated that almost 8 million identity cards will be issued under
HSPD-12. Industry analysts Stanford Group estimate the total value of the
programme to be worth approximately US$1.3 billion.
About Intercede
Intercede Group plc is a leading developer and supplier of smart card and
identity management software listed on the London Stock Exchange (IGP LN)
(IGP.L). Intercede's MyID software manages the secure registration, issuance and
lifecycle of digital identities for a wide range of uses. This requires the
integration of multiple technologies and products from many different vendors,
including smart cards, biometrics, digital certificates and Open Platform
applets.
Intercede works with a number of market leading OEM, re-seller and technology
partners that supply MyID technology including: Athena Smartcard Solutions,
Gemalto, Oberthur Card Systems, RSA Security, SafeNet, Thales, VeriSign and a
variety of systems integrators and other security product and service providers.
Intercede and MyID are registered trademarks or trademarks in the UK, US and/or
other countries. For more information visit http://www.intercede.com
ENQUIRIES
Intercede Group plc Tel. +44 (0)1455 558111
Richard Parris, Chairman & Chief Executive
Andrew Walker, Finance Director
Pelham Public Relations
Archie Berens Tel. +44 (0)20 7743 6679
Kate Catchpole Tel. +44 (0)7803 033 43
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