Social Security Administration Issues First PIV Credential Ahead of HSPD-12 Deadline

Probaris Critical to Social Security HSPD-12 Success


PHILADELPHIA, PA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 23, 2006 -- On Wednesday, October 18, 2006, the Social Security Administration (SSA) issued an HSPD-12 credential to Jo Anne Barnhart, the Commissioner of Social Security in advance of the looming October 27th deadline. The agency plans to issue more of the credentials in the coming weeks at the SSA headquarters complex in Woodlawn, Maryland. The SSA has continued to execute its aggressive HSDP-12 implementation plan which calls for:

--  Deploying enrollment stations to over 1400 field offices and regional
    centers; and,
--  Issuing HSPD-12 credentials to all employees and contractors within
    the next two years.
    
As the October 27th deadline draws closer, Probaris products and professional services play a significant role in the agency's HSPD-12 achievements. The SSA HSPD-12 credential solution is based on Probaris' SP/PIV software product. Last month the agency ordered 100,000 end user licenses for Probaris SP/PIV, as it proceeds towards full scale solution implementation.

With Probaris SP/PIV in place, the SSA will securely issue credentials to employees and contractors at nearly half the cost of other solutions and shared services.

SP/PIV is short for Secure Process® for Personal Identity Verification. It is unique among the products available in the secure credential issuance market. It provides for feature-rich workflow, a biometric capture and enrollment module and a credential issuance identity management system (IDMS) in a single software platform.

In addition to providing the core software for the SSA HSPD-12 solution, Probaris' extensive domain knowledge in credential solutions has been critical to the SSA success. Probaris consultants have been working with the SSA since February 2006 to deploy their HSPD-12 solution. The SSA procured Probaris SP and has used the software to define, develop, and demonstrate their FIPS-201 compliant PIV-II processes. The contracts were awarded through Probaris' GSA Federal Supply Schedule 70 (GS-35F-0853R) under SIN 132-62 for HSPD-12 Products and Services.

About Probaris

Probaris (www.probaris.com) develops and markets Probaris SP/PIV -- the leading software platform for managing personal identity verification (PIV) processes. SP/PIV is built on Probaris' Secure Process® (SP), the industry leading web platform for secure business process management. The platform supports origination, routing, and management of web-enabled business processes, and the rapid integration of these processes with legacy applications and databases. Probaris offers the most flexible, scalable, and extensible business process solution for HSPD-12.

Contact Information: For further information please contact: Vincent L. Di Felice EVP, Corporate Development Probaris, Inc. 718 Arch St., Suite 300S Philadelphia, PA 19106 (610) 357-8070 Email Contact