SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, June 20, 2012 - Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of products and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, today announced that its PACT 1241 physical access control terminal has been approved for the Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) Certified Products List (CPL) of CertiPath, a leading independent provider of identity assurance services. This certification signifies to federal, state and local government agencies that Identive's PACT 1241 reader has undergone rigorous testing for compliance with the recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as laid out in NIST SP 800-116. The reader was tested in a number of authentication modes and demonstrated its ability to correctly and faithfully work with government-issued Personal Identity Verification (PIV) and PIV-I credentials, using both the contact and contactless interfaces of these cards.
"To comply with federal mandates, agencies at the national,
state and local level are deploying PIV and PIV-I
credentials for physical access authentication, extending
their current use for secure network logon and cyber
access. Approval for the CertiPath CPL identifies the PACT
1241 as a trusted product for use with these highly secure
credentials, and in particular to support the management of
both network and physical access with a single set of
electronic credentials, or PKI at the door," said John
Menzel, vice president Access Control ID Solutions for
Identive.
CertiPath's CPL includes end-to-end system
configurations that meet Federal Information Processing
Standards (FIPS)-201 requirements, thus providing OEMs and
facility owners with peace of mind knowing their systems
meet the detailed security requirements of federal
standards. CertiPath's process included assessment of
Identive's physical access reader in more than 160 test
cases within a full physical access control system. The
PACT 1241 reader is certified to operate with any U.S.
General Services Administration (GSA)-approved
authentication module as part of a complete Card
Authentication Key (CAK) authentication system.
Monitor Dynamics, a provider of Unified Security Management
Solutions to the US federal government, unifies Identive's
PACT 1241 reader into its Award-Winning Trusted FICAM
Platform for FIPS 201 PACS compliance to support all
authentication modes up to and including two-factor PIV-I
authentication - enabling the delivery of PKI at the reader
for validation across the Federal Bridge. The combined
solution recently won the Platinum Award for Best
Government Access Control System from Security Products
Magazine test labs and GovSec Government Security
Conference Judges. "Unifying Identive's PACT readers into
the Trusted FICAM Platform allows us to offer all
government organizations an accelerated path to compliance
with a turn-key FIPS-201 approved CAK authentication
system, capable of reading PIV and PIV-I credentials out of
the box. This proven combination is currently operating at
numerous DoD installations across the United States and is
scheduled for additional new implementations throughout the
year," said Troy Paddock, president of Monitor
Dynamics.
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.
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