Public sector

The phishing-resistant MFA mandate is here. 
Your PIV program hasgaps.

The only FedRAMP Moderate authorized, cloud-native Credential Management System with PKI as a Service for federal ICAM. Close PIV gaps, automate the credential lifecycle, and retire the legacy PKI you maintain.

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50%

fewer help desk calls

10x

certificate lifecycle efficiency

60%

lower PKI
operational cost

Minutes

to issue a credential,
not days

PIV and CAC programs weren’t designed for contractors, temporary staff, remote employees, or mission partners. Meanwhile, legacy PKI infrastructure is costly, complex, and slow to change. Issuing credentials can take days or weeks—leaving agencies with a compliance gap they can identify but not close.

The gap

The mandate moved faster than your infrastructure

Public sector agencies must authenticate every user and machine with phishing-resistant methods. Most deadlines under OMB M-22-09 and EO 14028 have passed. Thechallenge is no longer policy—it’s coverage and cost.

The challenge

Three problems most agencies have not solved

The people your PIV program leaves out

Contractors, temporary personnel, remote staff, and mission partners need high-assurance access, but they are often ineligible for a PIV or CAC or waiting months for one. Every day they work around the credential is a day outside your phishing-resistant MFA mandate.

Legacy PKI you are paying to maintain

Dedicated HSMs, on-premises certificate authorities, and manual issuance workflows carry real operational cost and slow every credential change. Certificate enrollment, renewal, and revocation still take manual effort that does not scale to Zero Trust.

Credentials that take days when the mission
needs minutes

Surge hiring, interagency support, and disaster response cannot wait weeks for smart cards to be couriered and provisioned. When issuance is slow, teams grant temporary exceptions, and exceptions are where risk lives.

The approach

Close the gap without ripping
out what works

One FedRAMP Moderate platform for the full credential lifecycle, for every user and machine.

The outcome
Derived credentials at speed
Issue phishing-resistant, PIV-compatible credentials to non-PIV personnel through self-service, with auditable revocation.
Credential issuance drops from days to minutes. Help desk calls fall by 50 percent.
Certificate lifecycle automation
Automate enrollment, renewal, and revocation across users and machines, with no middleware or agents.
10x efficiency gains on certificate operations.
PKI infrastructure replacement
Move issuance to FedRAMP Moderate PKI as a Service and retire dedicated HSMs and on-premises CAs.
Up to 60 percent lower operational cost.
Phishing-resistant MFA and Zero Trust
Extend AAL3 hardware-backed authentication to everyone, integrated with the identity providers you already run.
Coverage for the populations your PIV program leaves out, mapped to M-22-09.
Discover
What it means
What Axiad Mesh does

Build a complete, continuously updated inventory of cryptographic assets across your environment

Prioritize
What it means
What Axiad Mesh does

Understand which weaknesses actually matter, not just which ones exist

Act
What it means
What Axiad Mesh does

Move from a list of problems to a migration plan with clear ownership

Why Axiad

Why public sector agencies choose Axiad

FedRAMP Moderate authorized

Purpose-built for federal security requirements, with continuous monitoring, isolated tenancy, and inherited compliance controls mapped to NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5. Verify it on the FedRAMP Marketplace under ID FR2333756970.

Mission-first architecture

Designed for federal workflows, hybrid environments, and air-gapped deployments. Future-proofed for post-quantum cryptography.

Vendor neutral

Integrates with any certificate authority, HSM, token manufacturer, and modern identity provider. Works with native authentication in Windows, macOS, and Linux and across your IAM platforms.

Proven at scale

Trusted by the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the Department of Energy for mission-critical credential management.

Proof

Proven in public sector production

Financial Institution

The Department of Justice migrated derived PIV credential issuance from Entrust to Axiad Conductor without disrupting its existing PKI, reducing licensing costs and giving the CIO a consolidated compliance reporting view aligned with OMB zero trust. Conductor’s FedRAMP Moderate cloud offering runs in production at DOJ today.

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A leading United States aerospace and defense contractor used Axiad Conductor to consolidate seven legacy authentication systems into one cloud-based platform that authenticates both users and machines. Security improved and operations got simpler at the same time.

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Compliance

Built for the mandates you answer to

Get compliant and reduce complexity at the same time.

OMB M-22-09

Phishing-resistant MFA for every user, including the ones your PIV program does not reach.

Executive Order 14028

Zero Trust and phishing-resistant authentication without an infrastructure overhaul.

FIPS 201-3, SP 800-63-4, SP 800-157

Modern authenticator management, identity proofing, and derived credentials from acloud-native platform.

CMMC 2.0, Level 2 and above

Credentialing and access control for defense contractors handling controlled unclassified information.

CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model 2.0

Advanced identity assurance and device trust from a single platform.

The platform

The identity platform behind it

Axiad Conductor

Fedramp Moderate
‍
The only FedRAMP Moderate authorized, cloud-native Credential Management System with PKI as a Service. Automate the full credential lifecycle and issue Derived PIV in seconds.

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Axiad Confirm

Identity proofing, IAL2
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Prove identity before and after a credential is issued. Automated identity proofing to NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 for zero-day onboarding of contractors, temporary workers, and partners, with no manual review bottleneck.

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Axiad Mesh

Decision and Action Layer
‍
Connects human, non-human, workload, and agentic identities into one picture, so your team works the ten risks that matter, what they would cost, and who owns them, then routes the fix back into your stack.

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Use cases

Where agencies put it to work

Board & risk reporting

For personnel who are ineligible for a PIV or CAC, or waiting on issuance, provision secure access immediately with auditable revocation. Go from credentials in months to credentials in minutes.

Remote workforces

Issue high-assurance credentials to remote employees, contractors, and distributed teams without couriering smart cards.

Hybrid and on-premises deployment

Deploy on-premises UCMS packages with offline sync for disconnected networks, on-premises environments, and operational technology.

Rapid onboarding for contractors andsurge staff

Provision access for surge hiring, interagency support, and disaster response without compromising your Zero Trust posture.

Easy to acquire

Axiad is FedRAMP Moderate authorized and available through the contract vehicles your agency already uses: Carahsoft, GuidePoint Security, the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, NASA SEWP, small business set-aside paths, and your preferred partner.

Common questions from federal identity teams

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Is Axiad FedRAMP authorized?

Yes. Axiad Conductor is FedRAMP authorized at the Moderate impact level, FedRAMP Marketplace ID FR2333756970, with continuous monitoring and isolated tenancy. Axiad Mesh is not on the FedRAMP Marketplace today, and we say so up front.

Does Axiad cover machine identities too?

Yes. Conductor NHI manages machine and workload certificates on the same lifecycle as people, with ACME, SCEP, EST, and CMP enrollment and an auto-enrollment proxy that registers as a standard certificate authority in your Active Directory forest.

Do we have to expand our PIV program to get phishing-resistant coverage?

No. Axiad issues PIV-compatible and PIV-derived credentials to non-PIV personnel, so you get 100 percent phishing-resistant coverage without standing up a larger PIV program.

What credential types does Axiad support?

PIV-compatible, PIV-derived, FIDO2, security keys, smart cards, and certificates, from one platform. Native support includes IDEMIA ID-One, Thales eToken, and Yubico YubiKeys.

Can Axiad run in an air-gapped or classified environment?

Yes. Deploy as SaaS, hybrid, or on-premises, including on-premises UCMS packages with offline sync for disconnected and operational technology networks.

Will it work with the identity stack we already run?

Yes. Axiad integrates with Microsoft, Okta, Ping, and legacy ICAM stacks, and supports Windows, macOS, Linux, VPN, and VDI. It cross-signs with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority for interoperability without added infrastructure.

How does Axiad handle post-quantum cryptography?

The platform is designed to support the migration to post-quantum cryptography, so credential and certificate operations are ready as standards finalize.

Resources

Go deeper on the phishing-resistant
MFA mandate

White Papers
Built for Mandates

How Axiad maps to M-22-09, EO 14028, FIPS 201, CMMC 2.0, and Zero Trust.

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Special Resources
Procurement & Contracting

Contract vehicles, pricing models, and the capability statement.

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Risk
Axiad vs Entrust

Why agencies replace legacy PKI platforms with Axiad.

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Meet with our public sector team to review your current credentialing posture and find the operational friction points slowing you down. We will show you where the coverage gaps are and what it takes to close them.

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