Homeland Security Presidential Security Directive HSPD-12 was signed on August 27, 2004, in response to the general threat of unauthorized access to physical facilities and logical IT assets. Its primary objective is the development and deployment of a Federal Government-wide common and reliable identification verification system that will be interoperable among all Government agencies and serve as the basis for reciprocity between those agencies.

Cybertrust, one of only three certified commercial Shared Service Providers (SSP) for PKI, has developed this resource center to support HSPD-12 compliance and to pave the way for robust HSPD-12 solutions.

1. Cybertrust is one of three commercial Shared Service Providers (SSP) satisfying the requirements of the Federal Common Policy and Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS-201) for digital certificates.
2. Unmatched Experience in Large Identity Card Projects Specific to the U.S. Government
3. Cybertrust’s capabilities are proven for successful delivery of large ID card deployments worldwide.
4. The Cybertrust PKI offering traces its lineage back to the early innovators of PKI technology and acknowledged industry leaders.
5. Cybertrust is vendor neutral and has active partnerships with the companies most favored by the Federal Government for smart card projects.
6. Cybertrust provides the facilities, infrastructure, and expertise to completely build, manage, and maintain a PKI.
7. The Cybertrust PKI solution allows flexibility in choosing the underlying digital certificate technology used to establish the credentials.
8. Cybertrust Managed PKI services offer fully managed options to archive and recover end user encryption keys, post certificates and CRLs to a publicly accessible directory, and validate certificate status in real-time through OCSP.
9. Cybertrust Managed PKI services support the key standards necessary to deliver to the HSPD-12 requirements.
10. Headquartered near Washington, DC, Cybertrust has a local team of identity management Subject Matter Experts ready to assist in any smart card initiative.