Smart Card Alliance Adds Smart Card Certification for Government Identity and Security Professionals
The Smart Card Alliance announced an additional smart card certification program for government identity and security professionals, the Certified Smart Card Industry Professional/Government (CSCIP/G) designation. The Alliance also announced its first two CSCIP/G exams, which will be held on June 29 and November 19, 2010 in Washington, DC.
Part of the Alliance’s Leadership, Education and Advancement Program (LEAP), CSCIP/G is an extension of the Certified Smart Card Industry Professional (CSCIP) designation. The body of industry knowledge covered by the CSCIP/G certification includes the same fundamentals as the CSCIP certification, and adds in-depth content about U.S. government identity credentialing programs and technologies.
The CSCIP/G certification exam will cover:
- Smart card fundamentals
- Smart card security features
- Smart card application and data management
- Smart card usage models
- FIPS 201 and common identity, security and privacy requirements
- PIV card, physical attributes, data elements, logical credentials and cryptographic specifications · PIV card issuance and lifecycle
- FIPS 201 and biometrics
- Assurance levels
- Use cases for physical and logical access
Federal PKI infrastructure Information about the CSCIP/G training materials is available on the Smart Card Alliance Web site. Instructor-led training courses will be held in Washington, DC on June 28 and November 16 prior to the CSCIP/G exams on June 29th and November 19th. For more information, visit http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/activities-leap.
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