HID Global Completes NFC Mobile Access Control Pilot at Arizona State University

HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced it has successfully completed the world's first university pilot of NFC smartphones carrying digital keys. The pilot was implemented using the company's SIO technology that transforms how secure identity is delivered and managed while enabling new levels of access control security, portability and performance. Read more

Personnel Tracking of the Week

Avigilon, a leader in high-definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced the appointment of Bradley Bardua, CA, to the position of CFO effective immediately, Keith Marett to VP of Marketing and Communications and Amir Javidan to VP of Customer Service and IT.
Bardua has extensive experience working with fast-growing public companies in sectors such as technology, gaming, hospitality and energy. Over the past two decades, he has helped companies raise hundreds of millions of dollars through equity and debt offerings in Canada and the US and has led teams responsible for mergers and acquisitions, financial management and corporate governance. Read more

HID Global Delivers Multi-Technology National ID Cards to Saudi Arabia

HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced that Saudi Arabia has increased requirements for national ID cards based on the company's LaserCard OSM (optical security media) technology. The multiple technology smart cards are issued to Saudi citizens for identification, e-government, and regional travel purposes. read more

HID Provides Access Control to US Insurance Company

As a mutual insurance company, Employers Mutual Casualty Company (EMC) serves policyholders and independent insurance agents and prides itself on comprehensive protection, superior service and financial stability. read more

HID Global Access Control Manages Indian Dental-Education Organization

HID Global, a provider of secure identity solutions, announced that the company's network access control and biometric reader solutions have been selected by the Dental Council of India (DCI) to streamline their time and attendance management system. The centralized identification system with biometrics also increased overall security by eliminating the potential unauthorized use of access cards. read more

HID System Provides Limited Access to Brazilian Financial Institution

HID Global, providing solutions of secure identity, announced that the company's credential and reader solutions have been selected by Banco do Nordeste do Brasil (BNB) to reinforce its access control system for physical access at their administrative offices headquartered in Fortaleza, Ceara. read more

HID Upgrades French Manufacturing Company Access Control System

By choosing HID Global solutions, Socomec was able to upgrade its five-year physical access control system with logical access, providing a secure and improved working environment for its employees. read more

HID Global Optimizes US Health Care Firm Employee Badging System

HID Global, a provider of secure identity solutions, has enabled the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (AEHN) to simplify the rebadging of more than 7,000 personnel following the firm's spin-off and corporate rebranding, while also migrating to higher-security 13.56 MHz contactless technologies. read more

HID Smart-card Readers Optimize Chinese Telecommunications Company

HID Global, a provider of secure identity solutions, announced that China Unicom has installed HID's desktop smart-card readers at its stores in more than 20 provinces and cities across the country. By incorporating readers in its business operating system to read/write SIM cards, China Unicom has greatly simplified the SIM card issuance process and improved the efficiency of frontline customer service staff. read more

HID Reinforces RFID Animal Tagging Business with New Hire

HID Global, a provider of secure identity solutions, has appointed industry veteran Jean-Miguel Robadey to run the company’s Identification Solutions (IDS) RFID animal tagging business. As global director, Robadey will be responsible for extending HID’s two-decade-long leadership in RFID tagging into the rapidly growing market for solutions that improve the traceability of individual animals through the supply chain. read more

HID RFID Deployed by Germany Data Gathering Company for ID Checks

HID Global, a supplier of secure identity solutions, announced that its RFID reader module has been chosen byDESKO for its personal identification mini dock identity-checking system. Jointly developed with Panasonic, the system is designed for border-control, policing and other security applications, and includes a DESKO-designed optical character recognition unit and a fingerprint scanner that are connected to Panasonic’s ultra-mobile PC device. read more

HID Government Relations Director Becomes Committee Chair

HID Global, a supplier of secure identity solutions, announced that the company’s director of government relations, Kathleen Carroll, has been elected Chair of TechAmerica’s identity management committee. Carroll has been Vice Chair of the committee for the past two years, and will now serve as Chair through 2012. read more

HID Gets Site Certificate for Irish e-Government Manufacturing Facility

HID Global, a provider of secure identity solution, has obtained a site certificate for its Galway, Ireland e-government solutions manufacturing facility from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), which supports product certifications conformance up to the Common Criteria assurance level EAL5+. read more

HID Global Introduces TIP for Third-Party Product Developers

HID Global, a supplier of secure identity solutions, has engaged with strategic developers to license the company’s trusted identity platform (TIP). The initiative extends technology licenses to qualified development partners to enable the building of trusted nodes for the TIP infrastructure. read more

HID Global Enhances Product Performance with Product Security Reporting Center

HID Global, a provider of secure identity, announced a new HID Product Security Reporting Center, a secure and structured mechanism for reporting potential security vulnerabilities in HID products. read more

HID RFID Technology Optimizes European Identity-Checking Experience

HID Global, a supplier of secure identity, announced that its e-government RFID reader technology is being deployed in France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain to help create an identity-checking infrastructure in Europe. The company will be deploying its technology through system integrators in two additional countries. read more

HID Global Finalizes the Completion of ActivIdentity

HID Global, a provider of secure identity, announced the completion of its parent company Assa Abloy’s acquisition of ActivIdentity. The acquisition will expand HID’s logical access offering and create a portfolio of converged physical and logical access solutions. read more

Chinese Bank Invests in HID Access Control System

HID Global, a provider delivering secure identity solutions, announced that Postal Savings Bank of China(PSBC) has deployed HID IP-based access control solutions at its Beijing building for effective, convenient and secure access control management. read more

HID Global and Sony to Form Alliance to Create Contactless Smart Card Readers for PC Market

HID Global, a provider for the delivery of secure identity and Sony entered into a memorandum of intent for a strategic partnership to jointly develop an embedded contactless smart-card reader platform for the global PC marketplace. The jointly developed platform will be designed specifically for laptop manufacturers and will encompass Sony and HID contactless solutions and a broad range of other widely deployed technologies while supporting specific regional and application needs.  read more