PKard for Mac allows U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Mac users, with Common Access Cards (CAC), to access secure government web sites from their personal Mac computer.

PKard for Mac is for single-user, single-computer scenarios, where a Mac user, off the government network, needs access CAC-secured websites. A simple, one-time installation process sets up support for the user’s choice of U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, DoD, Marine Corps, or Navy public-facing websites.

Basic Features:

• Supports all current CAC cards issued by the U.S. Department of Defense, including CAC-NG Gemalto TOPDL GX4 144 and Oberthur ID One 128 v5.5.
• Loads lists of appropriate URLs to provide access to CAC-enabled sites, matching each URL with the required certificate on the CAC.
• Supports Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, v10.6 Snow Leopard, and v10.7 Lion developer preview.
• Supports the Safari web browser.

Advanced Features:

• Multiple services can be selected at once or selected at a later time.
• PKard generates a folder of bookmarks in the Safari web browser named PKard containing the imported URLs and a product support URL.

Conforms to the Following Specifications:

• ISO 7816 standards for Smart Cards.
• U.S. Government: NIST Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification (GSCIS) v2.1, NIST SP800-78-1, Department of Defense DMDC Implementation Guide for Transitional PIV.

Requires:

• Smart card reader/ CAC reader with current firmware. *SCR 3500 recommended.

With CSSI, US government agencies, and employees, have a better choice for CAC/PIV middleware. charismathics CSSI PIV supports all certificate based ID cards issued by the US Federal Government and Department of Defense.

This specific version of CSSI PIV is designed to work on all versions of Mac OS X.

charismathics CSSI PIV benefits and features

CSSI PIV offers:

• FIPS 201 compliance and GSA approval
• multi card support: all major CAC/PIV card vendors
• wide application support: remote logon, computer logon, digital signature, email signing and encryption
• automatic certificate (de)registration
• support for class 2 secure PIN entry devices
• full feature client administration utility

CSSI PIV provides a complete client that supports a wide range of platforms and applications such as pre-boot and disk encryption, computer logon, VPN, RDP, SSL support, email and document signing as well as encryption and Single Sign-On.

GSA APL listing

charismathics CSSI PIV has been validated FIPS 201 compliant by the National Institute of Standard NPIVP, and is listed on the GSA FIPS 201 approved products list.

GSA APL Listing (line item #450):

• Supplier: charismathics Inc.
• Category: PIV Middleware
• Part#: CSSI PIV
• Approved Software Version: 2.1.0.9

charismathics was the first one to achieve the NIST certification level SP 800-85A-1/SP800-73-2 and has now been validated for level SP800-73-3 as well (official certification details available soon).

NIST Certification:

• Validation level: SP 800-85A-1/SP800-73-2
• Certificate Number: 12
• Certification Date: 23 October 2009

This is the downloadable version.