U.S.
Army Public Key Infrastructure
Program
Manager Secure Electronic Transactions—Devices (PM SET-D)
was established as part of the Army Common Access Card (CAC)/Public
Key Infrastructure (PKI) program. Maden Technologies was brought
in to guarantee that the PM SET-D program meet a Department of Defense
mandate requiring all users to digitally sign and encrypt their
e-mail by October 2003.
Maden Technologies' Solution
A complete solution has been delivered to ensure that no one will
be allowed full access to the Army networks without a CAC.
The Maden Technologies team has:
- Increased
fielded card readers and middleware from 30,000 to 800,000
- Increased
trained people world-wide from 350 to 8,000
- Added
104 mass issuance workstations and created a field-install team
to accelerate CAC issuance
- Completed
the Senior Leadership Communication Protection Plan and maintained
secure unclassified communication for the Army's senior leaders
- Received
designation as the Army Registration Authority for individuals
- Demonstrated
augmented infrastructure by proposing a solution for the CAC personal
identification number reset capability
PM
SET-D entered a new phase of the CAC/PKI program incorporating new
functionality using the CAC. These are:
- The
Biometrics Enterprise Solution
- The
Physical Access Capability Project
Working with Maden Technologies, PM SET-D was able to participate
in the Army's big push to meet the Department of Defense October
2003 milestones to:
- Complete
issuing Class 3 certificates to all users
- Digitally
sign all e-mail sent within the Department of Defense
- Implement
client-side authentication to Department of Defense private Web
servers
- PK-enable
all Web applications in unclassified environments
- PK-enable
unclassified networks for hardware token, certificate-based access
control
For more information about our solutions and offerings, contact
Nazanin Tavassoli or Jack Carlen.
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