Viscount Systems announced that it has been awarded contracts to secure an additional five states of U.S. Government facilities Pennsylvania, Ohio, Arizona, Arkansas, and South Carolina for the Department of Homeland Security - United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Freedom's unique architecture leverages existing IT infrastructure to meet the FICAM (Federal Identity Credential and Access Management) requirements by integrating the PIV and PIV-I (personal identity verification - interoperability) credential certificate validation and authentication functionality directly into the access control software. Physical access points are controlled using IP encryption bridges to connect door hardware and transform card readers into IP addressable devices.

Credentials are presented at the reader and cryptographically challenged by the Freedom PACS Validation software. These credentials are then authenticated and validated before an authorization check is performed to grant or deny access to the cardholder.