Case Study: FEMA achieves faster, fully electronic PIV credential validation with HID Global pivCLASS Registration Engine

HID Global’s pivCLASS Registration Engine enables FEMA to electronically validate and register PIV cards for its employees and visitors

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) needed to comply with HSPD-12 and OMB M-11-11 mandates by leveraging PIV credentials for its busy Washington, D.C. facility, which required a solution to electronically validate and register employee and visitor cards into its physical access control system. HID Global provided the pivCLASS Registration Engine to address this challenge and streamline the credentialing process.

HID Global implemented its pivCLASS Registration Engine to electronically validate, authenticate, and register PIV cards into FEMA's system. This solution enabled FEMA to achieve full compliance, creating a high-assurance visitor management system with an electronic audit trail. The process to register an employee's card was reduced to less than 30 seconds, significantly streamlining operations and reducing the manpower required for visitor processing.

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Don Woody

Senior Technology Manager, Federal Systems Division