atsec’s Auston Holt speaks on GSA FIPS 201 Smart Card Evaluations at ISSA Austin

Austin, TX – Auston Holt delivered a presentation titled “How Does Your Company’s Identity Security Compare with that of the Federal Government?” at April’s meeting of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Capital of Texas Chapter.

The abstract reads:
“From the 9/11 Commission Report and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 came FIPS 201 which requires, at a minimum, the use of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors via smart cards. This mandate has affected the identity credentials and the access control systems for the entire United States Federal Government. Learn an insider's view of the technology and security involved in performing the associated security technology evaluations in April's ISSA Capital of Texas Chapter presentation by Auston Holt of atsec information security corp.”

You can download the presentation from the atsec website at:
http://www.atsec.com/downloads/presentations/PIV-AustonHolt2010.pdf

Auston Holt is the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Deputy GSA FIPS 201 Evaluation Program Lab Manager, and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) for atsec information security corporation.

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About atsec information security
atsec information security is an independent, standards-based information technology security services company that combines a business-oriented approach to information security with in-depth technical knowledge and global experience. atsec was founded in Munich, Germany in 2000 and has extensive international operations with offices in the U.S., Germany, Sweden, and China.
atsec offers secure code review, ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS consulting, and penetration testing and scanning services as well as being a QSA and ASV.
atsec also offers evaluation and testing services leading to formal certification for IT security including evaluation under Common Criteria schemes in the U.S., Germany, and Sweden; cryptographic module and algorithm testing under the Cryptographic Module Validation Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. and Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) in Canada.
atsec works with such leading global companies as IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Cray, BMW, SGI, Vodafone, RWE, and Wincor-Nixdorf.