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HID Global announced that it has acquired Omni-ID, a manufacturer of RFID tags and industrial IoT hardware devices for passive and active tagging, tracking, monitoring and alerting applications. "I am very pleased to welcome Omni-ID into the ASSA ABLOY Group and HID," said Björn Lidefelt, EVP and Head of HID Global.
Continuing its commitment to providing these options, HID Global announced the implementation of the latest MIFARE DESFire EV3 credential. "Our credential based on NXP MIFARE DESFire EV3 delivers this technology's full range of advanced security and privacy capabilities and reinforces them with HID's powerful model for identity data protection," said Harm Radstaak, Senior Vice President and Head of Physical Access Control Solutions with HID Global.
BioConnect announced a collaboration with HID Global to bring authentication to its HID Mobile Access solution alongside a mobile survey option for wellness declaration for employee health status and activity logging. BioConnect expands the options for HID Mobile Access users with enterprise issued biometrics or multi-factor authentication right from their mobile device with the BioConnect Mobile Authenticator to meet new and more stringent compliance requirements.
HID Global announced the TouchChip TC series of capacitive fingerprint sensors has been awarded Level 1 certification by independent third-party testing house iBeta Quality Assurance. This conformance - conducted in accordance with ISO/IEC 30107-3 - affirms the HID Global biometric device functions to the highest standards, achieving 0% penetration during repeated test spoof attempts.
HID Global announced it has delivered a redesigned ePassport booklet and document issuance software to Estonia's Police and Border Guard Board. "HID is proud to meet the rigorous quality and technical ePassport specifications required by the government of Estonia, which is widely renowned for providing high-caliber electronic identity documents and services to its citizens," said Craig Sandness, Senior Vice President and Head of Secure Issuance and Citizen ID Solutions.
The investment aligns with HID Global's strategic direction to embed facial recognition into solutions for a seamless and highly secure user experience in a variety of identity verification and authentication applications, including access control. "In partnership, HID and Paravision have already cooperated on projects and we look forward to further advancing our collaboration across a number of different markets and use cases," said Björn Lidefelt, EVP and Head of HID Global.
HID Global announced the general availability WorkforceID Authentication, the latest addition to its cloud platform for creating a seamless, effortless experience for issuing, managing and using identity credentials in physical and digital workplaces. "A person's identity has become the new security perimeter in a hybrid workplace that now extends from home to the office and everywhere in between," said Julian Lovelock, VP Global Business Segment, IAM, with HID Global.
HID Global announced it has expanded its Seos credential family with two new products. The Seos 16K is the industry's first credential certified to the highest IT security level established by the independent testing service provider TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH, and it features the highest memory in the series to support multi-application deployments.
HID Global announced that its next-generation Seos credential technology will enable Nymi Band 3.0 users to seamlessly open doors and authenticate to systems, devices and machines. In addition to physical and logical access use cases, Seos technology enables the Nymi Band 3.0 to be used for applications ranging from secure intelligent print collection and social distancing and contract tracing to contractor and visitor management, canteen and vending machine payment, and secure remote working.
HID Global announced that it has acquired Access-IS to broaden HID Global's technology portfolio, accelerate its vertical market expansion, and add new product offerings that help meet customers' evolving needs for integrated, digitized solutions. From barcode reading and image processing for document scanning to NFC and EMV for mobile ticketing, Access-IS has brought to market a range of devices that have been deployed worldwide in major cities and countries across a number of key verticals including finance, transportation and government.