Saturday, September 28, 2013

HID Global's New iCLASS SE Encoder Wins ASIS 2013 Accolades Security's Best Award

HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, announced that its new  iCLASS SE® Encoder  has been selected by the ASIS International organization as a winner in the 2013 ASIS Accolades Security’s Best competition, which recognizes the industry’s most innovative new technologies, products and services. Judges representing a cross-sector of end-users and technology experts recognized HID Global’s new credential encoding solution as one of the most innovative new solutions for 2013.  This year’s recognition marks the second consecutive Accolades Award for an iCLASS SE platform solution.
“As a key enabling component of our award-winning iCLASS SE platform, the iCLASS SE Encoder empowers our customers to personalize credentials and manage encryption keys locally and on demand. The multi-technology credential support ensures customer choice and a security model suited to their needs,” said Selva Selvaratnam, senior vice president and chief technology officer with HID Global.  “This accolade is further validation of our ongoing commitment to innovation, and HID Global is honored to have our new credential encoding solution acknowledged by one of the most respected organizations in the security industry.”
The encoder allows organizations to format a wide range of credential technologies, supporting iCLASS Seos®, iCLASS SE, standard iCLASS®, MIFARE® Classic, and MIFARE DESFire® EV1.  The solution also supports 125 MHz HID Prox™ for encoding Prox credentials and migrating from HID Prox to high frequency technologies.

About HID Global
HID Global is the trusted source for innovative products, services, solutions, and know-how related to the creation, use, and management of secure identities for millions of customers around the world. The company’s served markets include physical and logical access control, including strong authentication and credential management; card printing and personalization; visitor management systems; highly secure government and citizen ID; and identification RFID technologies used in animal ID and industry and logistics applications.  Primary brands are ActivID®, EasyLobby®, FARGO®, Codebench®, LaserCard® and HID®. Headquartered in Irvine, California, HID Global has over 2,000 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries. HID Global® is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand. For more information, visit www.hidglobal.com.