The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science
and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced November 18 that
it has awarded $200,000 to SecureKey Technologies based in Toronto, Canada to
adapt its identity network solution to support the issuance and validation of
digital credentials.
SecureKey
Technologies Phase 1 award project “Identity Documents Proofing, Presentation
and Exchange system” will adapt the concepts and code associated with its
Verified.Me commercial strength identity network solution that offer
availability, disaster recovery, fraud prevention, monitoring and other
essential operational controls to support Transportation Security
Administration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services needs around the
issuance and validation of identity documents for travel and employment
authorization.
“User-centric, privacy protecting approaches to credential issuance and
verification that have enterprise level management features are critical to
addressing the digital credentialing needs of TSA and USCIS,” said Anil
John, Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) Technical
Director. “SecureKey adapting its Verified.Me architecture to support data
exchange interoperability based on emerging World Wide Web Consortium standards
addresses much needed enterprise scalability and interoperability
requirements.”
The Phase 1 award was made under S&T’s SVIP Other Transaction
Solicitation Preventing Forgery & Counterfeiting of Certificates
and Licenses seeking innovative solutions from startups to enhance
anti-forgery and counterfeiting capabilities for digital documentation.
SVIP is one of S&T’s programs and tools to fund innovation and work with private sector partners to advance homeland security solutions. Companies participating in SVIP are eligible for up to $800,000 of non-dilutive funding over four phases to develop and adapt commercial technologies for homeland security use cases.
Source: DHS
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