Industry Associations

At ActivIdentity, innovation is born of imagination and molded by pragmatism. As a leading innovator in strong authentication and credential management, ActivIdentity is dedicated to driving industry standards. ActivIdentity belongs to a range of trade groups and industry associations to advance interoperability, ensure the highest technical standards, and promote innovative strong authentication and credential management technologies now and in the future.

	GlobalPlatform GlobalPlatform is the world leader in smart card infrastructure development. Its proven technical specifications for cards, devices, and systems are regarded as the industry standard for achieving interoperable, sustainable, and flexible smart card deployments that support multi-application, multi-actor, and multi-business model implementations. GlobalPlatform is a member-driven association with cross-industry representation from every continent. As of October 2008, an estimated 305.7 million GlobalPlatform-based smart cards had been deployed globally, and an additional two billion mid-range USIM/SIM cards worldwide are estimated to use GlobalPlatform card technology to enable over-the-air (OTA) application downloads for 3G and Global System for Mobile (GSM) mobile networks.
	The Smart Card Alliance The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for-profit, multi-industry association working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use, and widespread application of smart card technology. The Alliance invests heavily in education on the appropriate uses of technology for identification, payment, and other applications and strongly advocates the use of smart card technology in a way that protects privacy and enhances data security and integrity. Through specific projects such as education programs, market research, advocacy, industry relations, and open forums, the Alliance keeps its members connected to industry leaders and innovative thought. The Alliance is the single industry voice for smart card technology, leading industry discussion on the impact and value of smart cards in the United States and Latin America.
	Open AuTHentication (OATH) The Initiative for Open AuTHentication (OATH) is the industry’s leading collaboration of device, platform, and application companies and end user customers of authentication technologies. OATH participants foster use of strong authentication across networks, devices, and applications. OATH participants work collectively to facilitate standards and build a reference architecture for open authentication while evangelizing the benefits of strong interoperable authentication in a networked world. As OATH grows, the organization actively incorporates feedback and technology contributions from end-user participants who share a common vision for open authentication technology and the products that provide this important measure of security. OATH is dedicated to assisting customers with the reduction of cost and complexity of deploying strong authentication within enterprises and across the Internet. Since its formation in 2004, OATH’s membership has included security industry leaders from token manufacturers, platform vendors, smartcard providers, and security services companies. End user companies join OATH to add their voice and ideas towards the goal of open authentication.
	Intellect Intellect is the leading trade association that serves to represent its members in the U.K. technology industry. It is formed by its 800 SME and multinational member companies and exists solely for their benefit.
	Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP) TSCP is the only global government-industry partnership specifically focused on designing solutions to address the most critical issues facing the A&D industry: mitigating the compliance, complexity, cost and IT security risks inherent in large-scale, multi-national collaborative programs. TSCP was founded in 2002, and has delivered several specifications and guidance documents on securing A&D supply chain data. The group today focuses on identity federation policies and governance. TSCP is open to government organizations, prime contractors, integrators, suppliers and member trade groups. For more information, please visit www.tscp.org.
	INCITS The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) is the forum of choice for information technology developers, producers and users for the creation and maintenance of formal de jure IT standards. INCITS is accredited by, and operates under rules approved by, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). These rules are designed to ensure that voluntary standards are developed by the consensus of directly and materially affected interests.