Press Release
CoreStreet to Provide Credential Validation Infrastructure to Saudi Arabian Government
CoreStreet joins partner Entrust to deliver e-government solution
to protect 27 million citizens
Cambridge, Mass. — January 14, 2008 — CoreStreet, a leader
in software for smart credential and convergence programs, today announced
that the Saudi Arabian Government will be using CoreStreet’s validation
technology as a key component in its new national ID card initiative.
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's strategic e-government initiative
needed a strong security foundation to instill trust in its more citizen-centric
environment — especially as it rolled out its new national ID card
initiative," said Andrew Pinder, Entrust Global Head of Government.
"With the assistance of CoreStreet, Entrust will be able to secure
the foundation for yet another e-government initiative that will facilitate
an environment of interoperability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness
for enterprises, government agencies and citizens."
The CoreStreet Validation Authority provides a complete solution that
enables digital certificate validation for secure, legally-binding communications,
physical access and other transactions. The solution uses Distributed
Online Certificate Status Protocol (D-OCSP) to provide the validation
services in a scalable, secure and cost effective manner.
"With the rapid growth in PKI-based smart cards, validation has become
essential. Nowhere is this more evident than in the government smart credential
market," said CoreStreet CEO Chris Broderick. "Deploying a credential
infrastructure on the scale required by the Saudi national ID project
is a difficult task requiring specialized expertise in many different
areas. That’s why we’re joining our partner Entrust to bring
our market-leading distributed validation technology to this important
program."
About CoreStreet
Every day, the world’s most demanding government and commercial
enterprises rely on CoreStreet technology to authorize critical events,
ranging from signed communications and transactions to physical access.
More information, including technical whitepapers, industry solution studies
and a list of the patents awarded to the company, is available at www.corestreet.com
