ASSA ABLOY, maison mère de HID Global renforce sa position dans le domaine de la gestion des identités et des accès en réalisant l’acquisition de la société ActiveIdentity. ActiveIdentity propose des solutions dans les domaines suivants:

# Strong Authentication
Prominently featured in several Gartner research reports (e.g., “MarketScope for Enterprise Broad-Portfolio Authentication Vendors,” published in April 2009; and “Market Overview: Authentication,” published in September 2008), the ActivIdentity Strong Authentication suite of products enables organizations to securely address a variety of end-user access control scenarios, ranging from remote access via virtual private networks (VPN) and secure access to Web-based applications, to secure access to data and applications from the local network.

# Credential Management
ActivIdentity Credential Management products enable organizations to securely deploy and manage smart cards and USB tokens containing a variety of credentials, including public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates, one-time passwords, static passwords, biometrics, demographic data, and virtually any other application.

# Security Clients
ActivIdentity Security Clients software extends ActivIdentity strong authentication and credential management offerings by either enabling the use of smart cards and smart USB tokens for a wide variety of desktop, network security, and productivity applications or enhancing the productivity of employees with easy single sign-on capabilities to network resources.

# Authentication Devices
Rounding out the ActivIdentity product portfolio, ActivIdentity Authentication Devices provide organizations with a one-stop shop experience. Organizations can choose from a broad range of authentication devices (e.g., smart USB tokens, one-time-password tokens in a variety of form factors, soft tokens, display cards, and smart cards) and accessories (e.g., smart card readers and hardware security modules) to complement their strong authentication and credential management solution.

Avec un tel panel de solutions, ASSA ABLOY / HID Global se positionne comme un des leaders dans le domaine de la gestion des identités et des accès, positionnement déjà amorcé avec la sortie de l’offre « HID On The Desktop »  et le développement des offres Crescendo et Fargo.