CC&M's Trusted Space has most of the same functionality as SAFsolution, but there are several key differences. Trusted Space, which is also HIPAA-certified, is primarily deployed in health care institutions, and although SAFLink also has health care customers, Trusted Space has a couple of features tailored to a health care environment that the SAFLink product does not have. The most significant difference between the two products is their system architecture. Although SAFsolution extends and integrates with Active Directory, Trusted Space uses a separate database server to store the biometric template data.

One advantage of this architecture is that sensitive information - such as application IDs, passwords and auditing information - is stored separately and at a deeper level of vulnerability. What's more, in the event of a directory crash, the data would still be intact. This system, however, is not as convenient as SAFLink's integrated system, and it incurs extra costs, both for purchasing the server and for the administration required to maintain it. This architecture requires synchronization software to ensure that data on the Trusted Space database agrees with data in the network directory structure.