FREE PKard Reader app v1.2.3
World's first FIPS 140-2 secure CAC/PIV web/email app for iPad & iPhone
The PKard® Reader secure browsing app lets users securely access web-based email, portals and collaboration sites using strong two-factor smart card authentication. It comes bundled at no additional cost with approved hardware readers.
Part number TSS-PK2 license bundled with an approved reader at no additional cost
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No purchase, registration or activation is necessary to use or try. No annual middleware maintenance is required. No proprietary new server or cloud back-end is required.
Highlights
- iPad, iPhone or iPod, fully supported commercial software with a seven-year history, tens of thousands of users since launch, phone and email support right to a real human
- No annual middleware maintenance is required
- Secure browser, supporting Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) web email, Microsoft Sharepoint portals and collaboration sites e.g. AKO, NKO and AF Portal
- Multi-card, supporting CAC (Common Access Card), PIV (Personal Identity Verification), PIV-I, CIV (Commercial Identity Verification) and shortly .NET (dot net) smart cards
- Multi-reader, supporting approved card readers in varying form factors
- Supports industry and U.S. government standards including HSPD-12, OMB-11-11, AES 256, FIPS 140-2 and GSA/FIPS 201 (with an approved reader)
- Royalty free, multi-card, multi-reader SDK for secure app development and secure policy management
- Phone and email support is right to a real human
- Made and supported in the USA by GSA-listed Apple-Microsoft specialists from Arlington, Texas
Selected quotes
- "We saw there was a need for Apple users to get their smart cards working without being rocket scientists", Paul Nelson, Thursby CTO
- "Outstanding enterprise product" .. "Really good out of the gate" .. "Love it".. "Great product" .. "Goodbye PC" .. "Goodbye BlackBerry", Apple AppStore reviews for v1.0
- "I travel a lot and the lighter I can pack the better. Now I can finally ditch my laptop for road trips", Matt, USAF
- "First of its kind for iOS - Amazing", Brandon, US Army
- "Ecstatic about your product and have found it incredibly easy to use and reliable so far", Josh, USAF
- "PKard Reader app (with PKard Reader hardware) is the only product that enables use of CAC cards with iPhone and iPad that is easy to use and affordable", MilitaryCAC.com
Better architecture builds in lower TCO
- Simple - client-based for simple testing, deployment and maintenance, avoiding the costs, integration issues, security, uptime, resilience and scalability challenges of proprietary new server, cloud or NOC back-ends
- Transparent - leverages standard Microsoft or Apple tools, infrastructure, processes and training for reduced costs, risk and time-lines, with no “lock-in” to proprietary new back-ends
- Complete - everything included, end-to-end, so no hidden costs and fees, missing features, or required on-site “services” and backed by 100% Apple-Microsoft engineering and support specialists
Thursby has been integrating Apple in enterprise and Government worldwide for over 25 years, with smart card support since the mid 2000s, including Macs at the Pentagon/DoD, Whitehouse, Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, NIH, USGS and SEC. Our iPad/iPhone solutions are deployed on tens of thousands of devices at hundreds of organizations across the DoD, Federal Government, as well as corporate clients nationally and internationally.
App pricing
- Click here for pricing information
More information
- Thursby apps may not function correctly and are not supported on jailbroken devices
- Contact us at sales@thursby.com or +1 (817) 478-5070
- Not sure which Thursby US Government CAC/PIV/.NET smart card product best meets your overall Apple needs? Click here
