HID Global to exhibit its leading mobile access solutions at IFSEC 2016

June 15, 2016
Company to also highlights its investments and alliances in the realm of mobile access

Woking, June 14, 2016 - HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, will highlight its customer-centric secure access solutions during IFSEC 2016 from the 21st-23rd June (Stand E1550) being held at the ExCeL, London. . As part of the company’s mobility initiative, HID Global will exhibit a comprehensive range of mobile solutions that enhance the user experience by offering greater convenience and a choice of applications and mobile devices. HID Global will also highlight its solutions, services, investments, and alliances that expand the capabilities of trusted IDs on mobile devices across a growing range of access control and authentication applications.

The company will showcase its award-winning HID Mobile Access® solution, powered by Seos®, which supports both Bluetooth Smart and Near Field Communications (NFC) technologies to enable users to open doors and future applications through their mobile devices. HID Global will also demonstrate its latest iCLASS SE® platform solutions featuring long-range ultra-high-frequency (UHF) solutions that enable users to open doors and parking gates from a distance.

HID Global’s acquisition of Quantum Secure, who will be on stand at the show, provides the ability to automate access controls through an integrated physical security policy platform for managing secure identities, compliance and operations analytics across multiple sites and systems.

“The mobility initiative fundamentally alters the way users view security. It enables them to connect to more applications with a single ID on a smart device offering end users more convenience and choice,” said Harm Radstaak, Vice President and Managing Director of Physical Access Control Solutions with HID Global. “Our innovations have enabled smartphones to be used as computer login tools, keys and ID cards. Our participation at IFSEC will allow us to demonstrate our advancements, which will usher in an era of connected and trusted identities that become the heart of a more secure digital lifestyle built around the convenience and ubiquity of our ever-present mobile devices.”

HID Global will showcase its extensive portfolio that will provide visitors a first-hand understanding of how to address secure identity challenges:

  • HID Mobile Access®: Supports Bluetooth Smart and NFC to securely open doors with smartphones and other smart devices, while enabling the future use of smart devices for a range of applications. Powered by Seos technology, the award-winning solution provides superior identity management, and enables users to open doors and gates from a distance via Bluetooth Smart and HID Global’s patented “Twist and Go” gesture technology.
  • iCLASS SE® platform – The latest offering of a new long-range ultra-high-frequency (UHF) access control portfolio enables users to open doors and parking gates from distances of up to 16.4 feet (5 meters). The long-range iCLASS SE readers and credentials make it possible for organisations to combine parking, gate and door access control on a single card for a secure and convenient solution. It includes a new rugged and weather-resistant iCLASS SE U90 Long Range reader and features advanced encryption along with end-to-end communications technology for the industry’s highest level of UHF access control security. In addition, it provides new and innovative ways in areas such as inventory and tracking.
  • ActivID® Tap™ Authentication to mobile devices with a contactless smart card. HID Global’s new authentication platform is powered by Seos® technology and enables users to tap smart cards to laptops, tablets, phones and other NFC-enabled devices to access more than 2,400 cloud apps and web-based services. ActivID Tap Authentication for Microsoft® is tightly integrated with Microsoft Server 2012, Microsoft’s Active Directory Federated Services (AD FS) and the HID Global Authentication Cloud Service.
  • Secure Issuance and Card Personalisation Solutions: Offer the broadest range of card personalisation solutions including the industrial-grade HDP5600 Printer/Encoder in the industry. The company will also demonstrate its latest Direct-to-card (DTC®) FARGO® DTC5500LMX ID card Printer/Encoder, designed to meet high-volume card issuance as well as the latest version of AsureID® Exchange card personalisation software.
  • Partner Solutions:  Solutions using Genuine HID Technology™ to solve enterprise business problems. Demonstrations that extend the use of HID Global’s Seos ecosystem by HID Global’s embedded solutions partners including FMS Tech (Fleet Management), Spica (Time & Attendance) and Coppernic (Handheld solutions) will be on display. The partners will be on hand to demonstrate how their solutions can help end users increase their security and choices of applications.