EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. Identive Smart Card Readers Support Cyber
Security for U.S. Government Agency
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SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, June 7, 2012 (euro adhoc) - Identive
Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of products and services
for the identification, security and RFID industries, today announced it is
providing 266,000 smart card readers to a U.S. government agency for secure
authentication and email encryption. The SCR3310/v2 readers fit easily into the
USB port of a PC and allow government employees to quickly and securely log on
to the agency's computer network.
"Cyber security is receiving an increasing amount of focus across industries and
among consumers as well. Using smart cards to validate user identities is an
important step in protecting the data on a computer and the assets in a network.
U.S. government agencies are ahead of the curve in adopting smart card-based
security and have a clear understanding of the benefits," explained Dr. Manfred
Mueller, COO Identification Products for Identive. "For this agency, the
product delivery schedule was quite aggressive and Identive was the only
supplier capable of delivering the required volumes in a short time. Once again
we have demonstrated why Identive is recognized as a trusted supplier to the
U.S. government market."
Identive's SCR3310/v2 USB smart card readers are compact, ergonomic and
compliant with all relevant technology and industry application standards,
making them ideally suited for a variety of government and consumer
applications, including electronic ID, social security and eGovernment as well
as loyalty programs, e-Couponing, e-Banking, online shopping and gaming
activities.
About Identive
Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV) is focused on building the
world's signature company in Secure ID. The company's products, software,
systems and services address the markets for identity management, physical and
logical access control, cashless payment, NFC solutions and a host of
RFID-enabled applications for customers in the government, enterprise, consumer,
education and healthcare sectors. Identive's mission is to build a lasting
business of scale and technology based on a combination of strong
technology-driven organic growth and disciplined acquisitive expansion. The
company delivers up-to-date information on its activity as well as industry
trends through its industry-leading social media initiatives and educational
resource, AskIdentive.com. For additional information, please visit
www.identive-group.com or follow on Twitter at @IdentiveGroup.
Further inquiry note:
Mr. Lennart Streibel
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5195
E-Mail: lstreibel@identive-group.com
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company: Identive Group Inc.
Carnegie Ave., Bldg. B 1900
US-CA 92705 Santa Ana
phone: +1 949 553 4280
FAX: +49 89 9595-5555
mail: investorrelations@identive-group.com
WWW: http://www.identive-group.com
sector: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: US45170X1063
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