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Hirsch Identive’s Velocity™ Software Verified Compliant with Trusted
Computing Group’s IF‐MAP Standard SANTA ANA, Calif., January 5, 2012 – Hirsch Identive, a leading provider of integrated security and
identity management systems and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE, Frankfurt:
INV) today announced that its Velocity™ Access Control and Security Management software has been
tested and verified to be compliant with the IF‐MAP computing standard by the international industry
standards organization, Trusted Computing Group. IF‐MAP is a standard computing protocol that
supports dynamic data interchange among a wide variety of IT networking components. By becoming IF‐
MAP compliant, Hirsch Identive’s systems can now allow organizations to implement more effective,
integrated security systems alongside their IT networks.
“IF‐MAP enables a tight level of integration between physical and network access control that solves
many security issues,” says John Piccininni, Vice President of Business Development for Hirsch Identive.
“The initial use case for IF‐MAP integration with Velocity is the convergence of physical and network
access control policies and permissions. For example, information about an employee’s location can be
dynamically communicated from Hirsch’s physical access control system to the IT network via IF‐MAP,
and then access to network resources can be granted or denied based on a person’s presence in a given
area or building. This minimizes the tendency of employees to tailgate behind their co‐workers through
access controlled doors, while ensuring that anyone logging onto the network is actually in the building.”
Employees must present their credentials to specific readers at doors in the area or network access may
be denied or limited. Those requesting VPN network privileges or access to wireless points and even
industrial controls can be granted or denied based on their presence. This capability begins to fulfill the
long discussed promise of security convergence: enhancing physical and network security and improving
operational efficiency and compliance, while at the same time containing organizational risk and cost.
The Trusted Computing Group’s IF‐MAP standard is attracting many security providers, including those
of wireless access points, firewalls, SIEM and SCADA systems, all of which can share events and data
through published search and subscribe schema defined under the standard.
As a result of Hirsch Identive’s adoption of the IF‐MAP standard, Velocity can now publish physical
access control and security events to an IF‐MAP server just as other IT network devices do. Other
compliant devices can subscribe to the information and act upon it accordingly. IF‐MAP compliant
network devices and systems can then share data without the need to develop costly customized and
easily broken point‐to‐point integration.
As an added benefit, the nature of this application does not require users to change access credentials.
Users can still use the same cards, personal identification number and/or biometrics as before.
Additionally, users can utilize existing user name and password network access credentials and leverage
the existing network infrastructure.
About Hirsch Identive:
Hirsch Identive, a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), manufactures integrated security and identity systems for worldwide markets. Hirsch’s award‐winning solutions incorporate access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, digital certificates, smart cards and biometrics in order to successfully secure facilities, digital assets and electronic transactions. For more information, please visit www.hirsch‐identive.com.
Identive Group, Inc. is a leading provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries. For more information, please visit www.identive‐group.com.
All trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Contacts:
Hirsch Identive: Cristina Rivera John Piccininni +1 949 250‐8888 ext. 148 +1 949 250‐8888 ext. 105 cristina.rivera@hirsch‐identive.com john.piccininni@hirsch‐identive.com Identive Group: Darby Dye Lennart Streibel +1 949 553‐4251 +49 89 9595 5195 ddye@identive‐group.com lstreibel@identive‐group.com