wyy industry internet communications founded 1997 headquarters 7926 jones branch drive suite 520 mclean virginia usa key people ceo steve komar cfo jim mccubbin revenue 43.3 million usd 2009 1 net income 1.7 million usd 2009 1 number of employees 92 website www.widepoint.com widepoint corporation is an american company based in mclean virginia that provides technology based products and services to the government sector and commercial markets in the united states . the company holds a patent for a digital parsing tool that allows users to access accounts through a secure repository gateway established using asymmetric authentication employed as public key infrastructure pki . widepoint provides smart card identity verification wireless expense management penetration testing and other it devices and services . widepoint s subsidiary orc is an authorized certification authority ca for the department of defense and other government agencies . widepoint was incorporated in delaware on may 30 1997 and has grown through mergers between it consulting firms . currently the company is composed of three business groups offering wireless mobility management cybersecurity solutions and consulting services . the company is headquartered in mclean virginia and has additional offices in northern virginia as well as los angeles california chicago illinois and detroit mi . contents 1 acquisition history 2 subsidiaries 2.1 isys 2.2 orc 2.3 protexx 2.4 advance response concepts corporation 3 government contracts 4 competition 5 references 6 external links 6.1 official websites 6.2 news and financial reports acquisition history edit in november 2004 widepoint acquired orc followed by isys in january 2008 . 2 the company also operates widepoint il inc. and protexx acquisition corp which was acquired in july 2008 . subsidiaries edit isys edit isys llc provides it services for federal and private organizations . it was founded in 1999 and purchased by widepoint in january 2008 . isys divides its services into three distinct categories wireless telecommunications expense management services tems isys s telecom management services partners with the client s wireless carrier to manage the expense of the telecom services . isys acts as a single source through which a client can manage all of its wireless assets cell phones blackberrys pdas air cards and pagers . isys manages all of its devices in accordance with the gsa federal strategic sourcing initiative 3 and claims that their tems can save the client 30 50 % 4 on wireless costs . isys explains that this savings is based on a combination of increased accountability automated processes consolidation of services and proper device management . 5 isys provides a web portal through which clients can manage all of their telecommunications needs in one place . the company manages more wireless devices than any other tem service provider . 5 forensic informatics isys provides system engineering available to federal state and local law enforcement in the united states . isys s forensic informatics can help law enforcement agencies implement newer information systems that meet modern requirements . cybersecurity isys creates and performs vulnerability tests on microsoft and unix environments . these tests often involve the use of penetration tools such as nessus newt and eretina as well as other security testing tools . 6 clients include the department of defense fbi and national institute of health . isys also provides customized consulting services . orc edit orc provides it integration and secure authentication services to the u.s. government . it is an authorized certificate authority for the united states department of defense 7 8 gsa 9 and many other certificate based authorities . 8 orc also provides application specific hardware and software to maintain high levels of information assurance . protexx edit protexx provides remote authentication over wired and wireless networks . the company develops software using its patent pending competitively differentiated encryption which uses asymmetric authentication employed as pki to provide user and sender verification with up to 2048 bit encryption . this improves upon standard multi factor authentication by eliminating the additional hardware licensing and support usually required to provide a comparable level security . with this encryption all incoming and outgoing traffic email http ftp im voip etc. is automatically encrypted and authenticated . advance response concepts corporation edit arcc provides identity verification and emergency coordination between emergency services and infrastructure agencies as well as evidence tracking software for the department of justice . the emergency coordination package is based around the trademarked raptorid system which issues physical identification devices barcodes smart cards to first responders so that field operations can immediately identify each responder and establish their credentials . raptorid smart cards store baseline attributes as mandated by national standards organizations like the national fire protection association and often contain additional information about the user including skills training certifications and medical records . the raptorid system is designed to meet federal emergency management agency and ansi specifications for first responder credentialing . arcc s crime scene management and evidence tracking software condor gives crime scene officials the ability to digitally record and track evidence throughout the chain of custody as well as monitor the activities of all personnel involved . arcc achieves this by embedding rfid trackers into each piece of evidence and biometrically scanning each official that attempts to accesses the evidence all in accordance with the u.s. national information exchange model niem compliance system . 10 government contracts edit most of widepoint s government client base is located in the mid atlantic region . widepoint currently holds contracts with the transportation security administration the department of homeland security the department of defense washington headquarters services the u.s. customs and border protection and the centers for disease control as well as many government contractors and private corporations . competition edit due to its diverse market capabilities widepoint has competitors in many different fields . widepoint s main opposition in mobility management includes avalon technologies profitline and tangoe . in cyber security as well as consulting widepoint s key competitors are lockheed martin corporation and northrop grumman corporation . widepoint also has several small and mid size competitors in each of segment of services . references edit a b widepoint 2009 earnings widepoint buys isys . january 3 2010 . federal strategic sourcing initiative . december 25 2010 . widepoint business areas . december 25 2010 . a b telecommunications expense management . december 25 2010 . information assurance . december 25 2010 . external certificate authority . december 23 2010 . a b u.s. government external certificate authority . december 23 2010 . us government access certificates for electronic services . december 23 2010 . widepoint s arcc subsidiary deploys phase 2 of doj crime scene management technology project in delaware . january 3 2010 . external links edit official websites edit widepoint website isys llc website orc website news and financial reports edit orc awarded gsa contract widepoint to present at the sidoti & company micro cap conference widepoint key developments reuters retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title widepoint corporation & oldid 647144252 categories companies listed on nyse mkttechnology companies of the united stateshidden categories articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read 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