The guidance offers agencies 20 suggestions for how to proceed with implementing these systems. McGregor says physical access control system is a natural place to start because so many agencies already are using them. NIST issued its advice in a special publication 800-116, A Recommendation for the Use of PIV Credentials in Physical Access Control Systems, last month to give agencies help in implementing these systems. “Most agencies have physical access control systems in place and those systems need to be integrated with card,” says Bill McGregor, NIST’s Personal Verification Identification (PIV) coordinator. In fact, the National Institutes of Standards and Technology is receiving a lot of questions about how best to implement physical access control systems.įederal News Network's Open Season Exchange: Want to know what to consider when evaluating plans or weighing changes? Find out from OPM and benefits experts what you need to know as you make your health and dental benefits selections for the coming year. The Agriculture and State departments, and NASA are among the agencies taking the lead to use their HSPD-12 cards for physical access control. For instance, the Department Housing and Urban Development is testing logical access control starting in the chief information officer’s office. Many agencies have pilot programs to use their Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 cards for either physical or logical access. With more than 1.6 million secure identification cards in employee and contractor hands, agencies are turning their attention to how best to use them. By Jason Miller Executive Editor FederalNewsRadio

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