BearingPoint Launches 'Technology Showroom' to Demonstrate Breakthrough Advances for Secure Port Access, Passports, Driver Licenses and Other ID Card Systems
New Facility Offers Hands-On Experience With Next Generation Biometrics, Card Technologies, and Systems to Meet New Government Security Initiatives, Including HSPD-12
MCLEAN, Va., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Protecting our nation's ports, securing government facilities and networks, and keeping track of key medical data for soldiers in combat zones are all programs that rely on new and sophisticated security and identity management systems. BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE), one of the world's largest management and technology consulting firms, is a leader in developing and deploying secure ID systems worldwide and today announced it has opened a new "technology showroom" in the Washington, D.C. suburbs to display new secure ID technologies.
The new Global Security Identity Management Center will allow government agencies and enterprise customers to see, touch and experience live examples of many new identity management systems and solutions that can allow organizations to meet homeland security initiatives and comply with stringent new government regulations and programs such as HSPD-12 and FIPS 201 (which mandate and specify technical standards for security/access cards for all federal and government contracting employees working at federal facilities), border and trade security initiatives, and state driver licensing programs.
BearingPoint's Center will showcase many applications for the next generation of identity management technology -- from a universal transportation worker identification credential to secure our nation's ports (TWIC), to biometric devices that capture and store a soldier's medical data in a combat zone, to state-of-the-art building and facility access systems for the Department of Defense and other agencies.
"The top security challenge for corporations and government agencies today is how to find cost-effective, efficient ways to control access to their information systems and facilities without violating the privacy of the people they need to identify," said Paul Nadeau, senior vice president for BearingPoint's Public Services Solutions practice.
"There's an overwhelming amount of technologies in the marketplace, and our management experts have used the best-available software and hardware to build specific solutions that can help federal, state, and local agencies meet new regulatory requirements," he said. "BearingPoint's new center allows us to demonstrate very diverse and sophisticated systems in action, and then sit down with clients to decide which options would best meet their needs."
Identity management solutions on display at the Center address the requirements for national security initiatives, compliance with government mandates at all levels, border and trade protection, physical access control, securing infrastructure and facilities, and protection of user privacy. All these solutions are designed with the additional benefits of reducing costs and complexity while increasing security.
Any organization with interest in advanced identity management technologies is welcome to arrange a visit to the center by sending an email to centerofexcellence@BearingPoint.com. For more information on BearingPoint's Security & Identity Management practice, please visit www.bearingpoint.com/SecurityinGovernment; you can also view a video on BearingPoint's involvement with the TWIC program to help protect our nation's ports and transportation infrastructure by visiting http://bearingpoint.com/SecurityVideo.
About BearingPoint, Inc.
BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE) is one of the world's largest providers of management and technology consulting services to Global 2000 companies and government organizations in 60 countries worldwide. Based in McLean, Va., the firm has approximately 17,500 employees and major practice areas focusing on the Public Services, Financial Services and Commercial Services markets. For nearly 100 years, BearingPoint professionals have built a reputation for knowing what it takes to help clients achieve their goals, and working closely with them to get the job done. For more information, visit the Company's website at http://www.bearingpoint.com/.
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CONTACT: Steve Lunceford of BearingPoint, Inc., +1-703-747-4545,
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Web site: http://www.bearingpoint.com/
