BearingPoint Launches 'Technology Showroom'

April 14, 2006

MCLEAN, Va. - Protecting our nation's ports, securing government facilities and networks, and keeping track of key medical data for soldiers in combat zones are all programs that rely on new and sophisticated security and identity management systems. BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE) , one of the world's largest management and technology consulting firms, is a leader in developing and deploying secure ID systems worldwide and today announced it has opened a new "technology showroom" in the Washington, D.C. suburbs to display new secure ID technologies.

The new Global Security Identity Management Center will allow government agencies and enterprise customers to see, touch and experience live examples of many new identity management systems and solutions that can allow organizations to meet homeland security initiatives and comply with stringent new government regulations and programs such as HSPD-12 and FIPS 201 (which mandate and specify technical standards for security/access cards for all federal and government contracting employees working at federal facilities), border and trade security initiatives, and state driver licensing programs.

BearingPoint's Center will showcase many applications for the next generation of identity management technology -- from a universal transportation worker identification credential to secure our nation's ports (TWIC), to biometric devices that capture and store a soldier's medical data in a combat zone, to state-of-the-art building and facility access systems for the Department of Defense and other agencies.

"The top security challenge for corporations and government agencies today is how to find cost-effective, efficient ways to control access to their information systems and facilities without violating the privacy of the people they need to identify," said Paul Nadeau, senior vice president for BearingPoint's Public Services Solutions practice.

"There's an overwhelming amount of technologies in the marketplace, and our management experts have used the best-available software and hardware to build specific solutions that can help federal, state, and local agencies meet new regulatory requirements," he said. "BearingPoint's new center allows us to demonstrate very diverse and sophisticated systems in action, and then sit down with clients to decide which options would best meet their needs."

Identity management solutions on display at the Center address the requirements for national security initiatives, compliance with government mandates at all levels, border and trade protection, physical access control, securing infrastructure and facilities, and protection of user privacy. All these solutions are designed with the additional benefits of reducing costs and complexity while increasing security.