ICAM PROOFCARDS™/USE CASES
Know your system works, right out of the box.
System owners deploying OMB M-11-11 conformant solutions must address the following questions:
- How do I provide proof during Certification and Accreditation that a given system properly uses PIV or PIV-I credentials?
- How do I know that the system is still operating effectively over time?
Configuration changes can and do occur. ICAM ProofCards provide the most complete set of profiles that are operationally relevant to access control testing. They support known manipulations of credentials. They directly address the question every system owner wants the answer to: Is my system OMB M-11-11 conformant now and in the future?
PACS OEMs must address the following questions:
- As an OEM, how can I simulate all the different credentials, valid and invalid paths, and good/bad PKI elements that exist in the operational environment? OEMs, facility owners, and access control auditors have asked this question since the introduction of PIV almost a decade ago.
- The GSA FICAM APL lab uses test cards as a major component of the test bed. As an OEM, how can I know whether my system will pass this testing?
ICAM ProofCards are CertiPath’s answer to these questions and to the test tool gap. ICAM ProofCards technically mirror the test cards that are used to evaluate your system when you submit it to the GSA FICAM APL lab.
ICAM ProofCards provide a set of golden and faulted cards, ensuring that the system under development properly uses PIV and PIV-I credentials. ICAM ProofCards augment your testing program to handle boundary conditions and attack vectors, providing the greatest assurance for compliance and system robustness.
Take the cost and guess work out of test cards.
ICAM ProofCards represent the most advanced set of PIV and PIV-I test cards ever created. There is no need to setup vast test PKIs, IDMSs, CMSs, and directory infrastructures. ICAM ProofCards are a tremendous value at a fraction of the cost of creating your own test bench; they provide advanced test cases the access control market has not yet contemplated. ICAM ProofCards allow you to literally attack your system with both good and malicious credentials. There is simply no better way to test PIV-based access control today.