ActivIdentity ActivID Identity Registration System
After the events of September 11, 2001 the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) introduced Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS 201) and Personal Identity Verification (PIV) requirements to enhance trust in interactions and transactions that occur in the federal environment.
As the PIV initiative progresses, PIV interoperability has also become an essential requirement for commercial enterprises that interact with federal government agencies on a daily basis. Non-federal issuers of identity cards need to produce employee identity cards that can interoperate technically with federal government PIV systems and can be trusted by federal government relying parties (e.g., via cross-certification). In response to these interoperability requirements, the Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council defined standards for PIV-interoperable cards for non-federal issuers.
Both standards specify the processes for capturing and validating identity information. The ActivIdentity ActivID Identity Registration System extends the functionality of the ActivIdentity ActivID™ Card Management System to enable organizations to capture and validate identity information in accordance with Personal Identity Verification (PIV) and PIV-Interoperable standards.
The system provides a web-based sponsorship and adjudication interface and integrates with external identity proofing systems (e.g., government Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems [AFIS] or commercial intelligence services such as ChoicePoint). Security officers performing the end user enrollment and badging can enroll the applicant’s biographic (e.g., name, address, affiliation) and biometric data (e.g., fingerprints, facial image), as well as capture the applicant’s ID (e.g. driver’s license, passport) with optional advanced hardware.