DSA to Certify and Accredit the Department of Veterans Affairs' Personal Identity Verification (PIV) System; C&A Process Assures Compliance with HSPD-12, FIPS-201 and Related Federal Government Network Security Standards
September 21, 2006
DSA to Certify and Accredit the Department of Veterans Affairs' Personal Identity Verification (PIV) System; C&A Process Assures Compliance with HSPD-12, FIPS-201 and Related Federal Government Network Security Standards. Check it out:FAIRFAX, Va. --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 21, 2006 -- Data Systems Analysts, Inc. (DSA), a recognized leader in the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) of HSPD-12/FIPS-201 compliant cross-credentialing and identity management solutions, today announced a contract award from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for Certification and Accreditation (C&A) of the VA's Personal Identity Verification (PIV) system.
The C&A will support all instantiations of enrollment and credential issuance stations deployed throughout the VA. The VA's PIV System will be used to issue secure and reliable credentials for access to federally controlled facilities and logical access to federally controlled information systems. The VA's PIV System will be among the first to be certified and accredited as Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and Federal Information Processing Standards 201 (FIPS-201) compliant.
"DSA is very proud to have won this contract, because it reflects a growing awareness of our identity management expertise among Federal agencies as well as complete trust in our capabilities," said Bob Haas, DSA's Director, Network and Information Assurance Practice. "We expect to complete the C&A process before the government's October 26th HSPD-12 deadline."
Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) PIV system is an agency-wide initiative by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Human Resources and Administration that is intended to provide compliance with HSPD-12, FIPS-201 and related standards which address Federal Government-wide needs for an identifying credential for all Federal employees, contractors, and affiliates, to be used for identification and authentication across Federal logical and physical access systems.
In addition to meeting the compliance requirements of FIPS-201, the VA PIV System includes supporting technologies that consider VA business needs and Return on Investment (ROI) that can be provided by such a system.
DSA's VA contract award follows last month's announcement that DSA was chosen to conduct initial and periodic Risk and Security Compliance Assessments of all member companies belonging to FiXs, the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems. FiXs is a federation of companies working in conjunction with federal partners to provide an end-to-end trusted identity management solution that is HSPD-12 and FIPS-201 compliant. The FiXs contract was also awarded to DSA based on the company's successful track record in information security, which spans over 40 years and includes expertise in risk management, security compliance assessments, application and network security design, implementation and validation, secure operations, and continuity of operations planning.
About DSA
DSA provides strategic, secure, mission critical IT solutions to government and industry through three focused divisions: DSA Federal, DSA Life Science, and DSA Commercial. The company has over 40 years experience in systems and software engineering and integration services specializing in enterprise-wide information technology solutions. DSA is a leader in program management, information security and regulatory compliance. Office locations: Philadelphia, PA (headquarters), Washington, DC, NY Metro and Mid-West. For more information, please visit www.dsainc.com or call toll free to 1-877-422-4DSA.
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