“Gemplus’s core strength is security and we feel privileged to list the Department of Defense among the users of our products”, stated Ernie Berger, President Americas Gemplus. “This recent contract shows that our investment in secure identity management solutions combined with strong local manufacturing was the right strategy. It also reinforces our commitment to support the US Federal government’s HSPD 12 directive and related FIPS 201 standard for federal employee identity verification”. The smart cards supplied in the contract are FIPS 140-2 validated – a security pre-requisite for the CAC program. tim.cawsey@gemplus.com www.gemplus.com