A desirable by-product of the soft PDC is to have the credential comply with standards that would result in Virginia Tech achieving InCommon Silver status. See http://www.incommonfederation.org/docs/assurance/InC_Bronze-Silver_IAP_1.0.1.pdf for Silver profile requirements. See http://www.incommonfederation.org/assurance/ for more information about InCommon identity assurance. Virginia Tech's draft "Standard for Levels of Assurance of Personal Digital Identities" designates a personal digital certificate stored as a software token at LOA 3, if it meets certain requirements. If the soft PDC meets NIST 800-63 LOA 3 standards, it should exceed the Silver requirements.
The Virginia Tech Police have indicated a need to send encrypted e-mails, and are currently using "free" certificates from Comodo. The VT Soft PDCs would help them, according to Georgiy Kolomiyets. We need to contact them when we get further along with the project and enlist Georgiy's help in deploying the certs to the VT Police.
Bennett Teates, the Executive Director of Blacksburg Operations, VT-ARC (VT- Applied Research Corporation) has inquired about our current ability to support S/MIME (encrypted email). Their need for S/MIME is not urgent however he has expressed an interest in the Soft PDC project and might be a good candidate to participate as an early adopter in one of our pilots early next year. Contact info for Bennett is: Work: 540 443-8577, bteates@vt-arc.org
Mary confirmed with Bennett Teates that VT ARC is interested in attending the meeting for pilot users. Invite Bennett and Jon Fulcher: jon.fulcher@vt-arc.org. 540-443-8577 x 521
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Mary Dunker
Jun 04, 2010A desirable by-product of the soft PDC is to have the credential comply with standards that would result in Virginia Tech achieving InCommon Silver status. See http://www.incommonfederation.org/docs/assurance/InC_Bronze-Silver_IAP_1.0.1.pdf for Silver profile requirements. See http://www.incommonfederation.org/assurance/ for more information about InCommon identity assurance. Virginia Tech's draft "Standard for Levels of Assurance of Personal Digital Identities" designates a personal digital certificate stored as a software token at LOA 3, if it meets certain requirements. If the soft PDC meets NIST 800-63 LOA 3 standards, it should exceed the Silver requirements.
Kimberley Homer
Oct 18, 2010Article from University of Virginia web site: "Personal Digital Certificates: Why You Need One, How To Get One" http://itc.virginia.edu/identity/certificate/
Frank Galligan
Apr 08, 2011The Virginia Tech Police have indicated a need to send encrypted e-mails, and are currently using "free" certificates from Comodo. The VT Soft PDCs would help them, according to Georgiy Kolomiyets. We need to contact them when we get further along with the project and enlist Georgiy's help in deploying the certs to the VT Police.
Mary Dunker
Sep 22, 2011IT groups who have volunteered to be early adopters:
ISTO - Randy Marchany
Converged Technologies - Brenda van Gelder
Enterprise Systems - Debbie Fulton
VT Applied Research Corporation - Bennett Teates & Jon Fulcher
We should invite these individuals to attend or send a representative to the soft PDC meetings.
Frank Galligan
Sep 20, 2011Bennett Teates, the Executive Director of Blacksburg Operations, VT-ARC (VT- Applied Research Corporation) has inquired about our current ability to support S/MIME (encrypted email). Their need for S/MIME is not urgent however he has expressed an interest in the Soft PDC project and might be a good candidate to participate as an early adopter in one of our pilots early next year. Contact info for Bennett is: Work: 540 443-8577, bteates@vt-arc.org
Mary Dunker
Sep 22, 2011Mary confirmed with Bennett Teates that VT ARC is interested in attending the meeting for pilot users. Invite Bennett and Jon Fulcher: jon.fulcher@vt-arc.org. 540-443-8577 x 521