SIA and CoreStreet Release Report on the Roles of Authentication, Authorization and Cryptography
The Security Industry Association (SIA), Alexandria, Va., the standards, government relations, research and educational body for the physical security industry, and CoreStreet, Cambridge, Mass., provider of physical and IT convergence solutions, released a report titled “The Roles of Authentication, Authorization and Cryptography in Expanding Security Industry Technology.â€
The report, part of SIA’s Quarterly Technical Update series, explains key technological requirements for FIPS 201 compliance, as well as the major drivers for physical and IT convergence within the federal government: interoperability, enterprise-wide access control, increasing reliance on IP networks, and adoption of digital certificates.