OSDP is a device-to-control panel protocol. It is being used in more and more PIV readers as a means to convey APDUs between the panel and the reader (and subsequently to the card). Readers that use OSDP are potentially interchangeable with other manufacturers' panels. This interoperability is a win-win for the Government because it gives them the freedom to choose a PACS that supports OSDP and a reader from a different manufacturer, i.e., they aren't totally locked into a single vendor.
However, most OSDP implementations today are single-vendor. By developing a FICAM profile for OSDP readers, we could require vendors' readers and panels to be interoperable.
This is a very technical subject whose details don't need to be exposed to Government end-users. The end state of this exercise is that the procurement playbook recommend that the agency look for OSDP interoperable readers. This can’t happen today, but we in the EPTWG should work in that direction.
OSDP is a device-to-control panel protocol. It is being used in more and more PIV readers as a means to convey APDUs between the panel and the reader (and subsequently to the card). Readers that use OSDP are potentially interchangeable with other manufacturers' panels. This interoperability is a win-win for the Government because it gives them the freedom to choose a PACS that supports OSDP and a reader from a different manufacturer, i.e., they aren't totally locked into a single vendor.
However, most OSDP implementations today are single-vendor. By developing a FICAM profile for OSDP readers, we could require vendors' readers and panels to be interoperable.
This is a very technical subject whose details don't need to be exposed to Government end-users. The end state of this exercise is that the procurement playbook recommend that the agency look for OSDP interoperable readers. This can’t happen today, but we in the EPTWG should work in that direction.