Validation Authority (VA) suite offers a comprehensive, scalable and reliable framework for real-time validation of digital certificates. VA is a proven, fourth-generation solution that has been deployed by hundreds of customers worldwide including the U.S. Department of Defense, all branches of the U.S. military, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Intelligence communities and top financial institutions.<br /><br />VA is CA-neutral and supports numerous widely adopted international security standards and open technologies. VA is certified Common Criteria (EAL3+), FIPS 201, NIST PDVAL, FIPS 140-2, DOD JITC, Entrust-Ready and IdenTrust compliant, and is part of the IdenTrust, SWIFT Trust Act, BACS and Global Trust Authority financial trust infrastructures. VA interoperates with leading vendor cryptographic hardware, including those certified to FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and 4, as well as smart cards such as the DOD Common Access Card and the Federal<br /><br />Personal Identity Verification Card.<br />VA suite consists of several products that provide a flexible, cost-effective and robust solution ideally suited to a wide range of client applications across diverse operating environments. At the core of the VA suite is Validation Authority Server, a sophisticated digital certificate status responder. The suite also includes multi-platform client solutions for<br />Microsoft applications (Desktop Validator), non-Microsoft applications (Server Validator) and custom applications (VA Toolkit).