charismathics is particularly attentive to the US market and, with its charismathics smart security interface PIV, US government agencies have a better choice for PIV middleware when deploying PIV solutions complying with HSPD 12. charismathics CSSI PIV middleware not only supports the interoperability of PIV cards at the middleware level, but also at the application level.

charismathics CSSI PIV supports in fact PIV cards from all major PIV card vendors, including ActivIdentity, Oberthur, Gemalto, and Athena. Unlike the middleware packages from these vendors, charismathics CSSI PIV has been specifically designed for interoperability and performance with all cards.

With charismathics CSSI PIV, PIV cards can therefore be used for logical access applications such as remote access, computer logon, digital certifi cate signing and encryption.

charismathics CSSI PIV has been validated FIPS 201 compliant by the National Institute of Standard NPIVP, and is listed on the GSA FIPS 201 approved products list.

GSA APL Listing (line item #450)

• Supplier: charismathics Inc.
• Category: PIV Middleware
• Part#: CSSI PIV
• Approved Software Version: 2.1.0.9

charismathics was the first one to achieve the NIST certification level SP 800-85A-1/SP800-73-2 and has now been validated for level SP800-73-3 as well (official certification details available soon).

NIST Certification

• Validation level: SP 800-85A-1/SP800-73-2
• Certificate Number: 12
• Certification Date: 23 October 2009