MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- WidePoint
Corporation (NYSE Mkt: WYY), a leading provider of Managed Mobility
Services (MMS) specializing in Cybersecurity and Telecommunications
Lifecycle Management (TLM) solutions, announced today that its
subsidiary Operational Research Consultants Inc. (ORC) has been
approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to issue External
Certificate Authority (ECA) Personal Identity Verification
Interoperable (PIV-I) credentials that comply with DoD
requirements. ORC is the first vendor to receive approval to issue
these enhanced credentials.
The DoD PIV-I can be used globally, addressing the requirements
of the more than 40 million DoD contractors, trading partners, and
other individuals to authenticate and securely communicate with the
DoD's information systems.
"The ability to use PIV-I credentials with Android, Apple, and
Microsoft mobile devices for access into approved DoD networks and
software applications is a tremendous step forward in mitigating
cybersecurity risk and attacks," said Steve
Komar, chief executive officer of WidePoint. "The DoD
approval recognizes WidePoint as the leader in the provisioning of
strong identity credentials and expands our next generation
mobile-focused identity management market strategy."
"This achievement is key to our Certificate-on-Device™ digital
certificates and validation services initiative, which provides
high level identity assurance of a mobile device and its user to an
organization's network," said Daniel E.
Turissini, chief technology officer of WidePoint. "It
ensures that only authorized and protected devices access
enterprise resources hosted in any private or public cloud
environment."
"The ECA PIV-I is an important step in achieving a fully
interoperable cyber authentication ecosystem across federal,
commercial, and international markets," said John Atkinson, chief sales and marketing office
of WidePoint. "With this approval, WidePoint offers a standardized,
high-grade credentialing service across a growing number of
communities of interest that will provide a significant revenue
opportunity for the company."
Learn more about WidePoint's digital certificates and
credentials on our website.
About WidePoint
WidePoint (NYSE Mkt: WYY) is a leading provider of secure,
cloud-delivered, enterprise-wide information technology-based
solutions that can enable enterprises and agencies to deploy fully
compliant IT services in accordance with government-mandated
regulations and advanced system requirements. WidePoint has several
major government and commercial contracts. For more information,
visit www.widepoint.com.
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SOURCE WidePoint Corporation