The Homeland Security Presidential Directive #12 [HSPD-12], is a policy regarding a common identification standard for federal employees and contractors. Issued on Aug. 27, 2004, HSPD-12 continues to drive smart card usage for secure identification and access. “The HSPD-12 directive is having a huge impact on the security industry. HSPD-12 started a national standardization effort (NIST FIPS 201) for defining what a secure identity credential is, and how it will work in an interoperable way that has now become an international standard effort (ISO24727),” said Vanderhoof. “As a result, it has changed the way physical access systems verify ID cards and how ID card issuers can break the silos of having [their] ID cards trusted by other organizations.
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