Monthly Archives: March 2012
Hirsch Identive Showcases NFC “Mobile Touch to Open” at ISC West
Demonstrations feature interactive NFC displays and use cases LAS VEGAS, Nev., March 27, 2012 – Hirsch Identive, a leading provider of integrated high security access solutions and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), will demonstrate at ICS West this week a new access solution that enables customers to use NFC-enabled mobile phones as secure credentials to access their facilities. The “Mobile Touch to Open” demonstration leverages Hirsch Identive’s powerful new DIGI*Net access control platform, Velocity 3.5 management software and multiple near field communication (NFC) door readers...
Read More Leave A CommentIdentive Introduces TouchSecure® OpenAccess Wall Mount Physical Access Reader
New form factor provides entry point security for integrated identity management LAS VEGAS, Nev., March 27, 2012 – Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE: Frankfurt: INV), a provider of products and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, today introduced the TouchSecure® OpenAccess Wall Mount reader. The Wall Mount reader is the newest addition to the TouchSecure family of revolutionary access readers that enable organizations to upgrade and integrate their physical and logical access control systems quickly and cost-effectively while retaining existing legacy physical access systems. “The TouchSecure family is designed...
Read More Leave A CommentHirsch Identive Introduces Next Generation Access Control Solution at ISC West in Las Vegas
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 23, 2012 – Hirsch Identive, a leading provider of integrated high security access solutions and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), today announced the launch of its new DIGI*Net series access controllers and Velocity™ 3.5 software platforms. The new Velocity and DIGI*Net platforms create a state of the art security access ecosystem based on the proven reliability with which Hirsch Identive has become synonymous. The new access control solution expands its native identity management capability to bridge physical and IT infrastructures seamlessly....
Read More Leave A CommentIdentive Opens the Door to Physical Access with NFC-Enabled Smartphones
SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, March 25, 2012 – Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE: Frankfurt: INV), a provider of products and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, today announced a revolutionary way to enable the use of mobile phones to open doors and log on to computer networks. For the first time, users can enjoy the freedom of an open standards-based solution with government level security to gain access to buildings and IT networks using NFC-enabled smartphones. In the industry’s first open standards-based solution for NFC-enabled physical access,...
Read More Leave A CommentIdentive Featured in DOTmed News Article
A popular video making the rounds on the Web for an Xperia smartphone accessory shows a somewhat hipsterish young man going through his day while merrily rubbing his phone against a bunch of tags. When he enters his car for a drive, he taps the tag draped over the rearview mirror in his car, and it “sets” his phone to go into GPS-and-driving mode. When he gets home for the evening, he taps a tag on his nightstand, and his phone then goes into sleepy time mode, with the ringer...
Read More Leave A CommentRSA Conference Recap
A few weeks ago at RSA Conference, there were three areas that really stood out: 1. Mobile apps and mobile security 2. Cloud Security 3. BYOD (Bring your own device) Mobile App Security: While it is probable that I overlooked many things, I did not see anything that was earth shattering in this area. Considering the pace and trajectory of mobile threats, the solutions are too narrow in scope and do not offer much value. This is mostly due to the limitations of the Mobile OS’s themselves (see Identive post...
Read More Leave A CommentHirsch Identive Implements Physical Access Control System for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 20, 2012 – Hirsch Identive, a leading provider of integrated security and identity management systems, today announced the implementation of a total enterprise Physical Access Control System (PACS) for Tallahassee, Florida-based Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. Citizens has replaced its legacy access control system with Hirsch Identive’s physical access hardware and award-winning Velocity™ Management System software throughout its Florida offices. Hirsch Identive’s Velocity enables Citizen’s staff to manage and monitor access control operations from a central station in each facility. “Citizens had long outgrown its legacy system which...
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