HID Global Mission
HID Global is the trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure
identity solutions for millions of customers around the world and is
committed to enhancing customer value by delivering the most trusted,
advanced and dependable secure identity solutions in the market.
Recognized for robust quality, innovative designs and industry leadership,
HID Global is focused on creating customer value and is the supplier of
choice for a variety of markets that include physical access control;
logical access control including strong authentication and credential
management; card printing and personalization; highly secure government ID;
and identification technologies used in animal ID, industry and logistics
applications. HID Global is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand.
HID Global Customers
HID Global is dedicated to ensuring that when customers purchase Genuine
HID products and solutions, they are purchasing absolute confidence in
performance, value and service. HID Global's products, solutions and
services are exclusively sold through a well-established network of OEMs,
developers, systems integrators and distributors worldwide. End-users of
HID Global solutions include many Fortune 1000 customers as well as
businesses and organizations in virtually all industry sectors, including
government, healthcare, retail, industrial, commercial, airports/ports,
finance and education.
HID Global Locations
HID Global is headquartered in Irvine, California and has over 2,100
employees worldwide with international offices that support more than 100
countries. HID Global has production facilities in North America, South
America, Asia and Europe, as well as research and development centers all
over the world.
Products and Technologies
*Identity and Access Management*
*Physical Access Control*
HID Global’s physical access control solutions provide the most
extensive line of powerful, versatile and secure access control readers and
credentials in the industry, while providing guaranteed card to reader
interoperability with existing or future products and services. Consisting
of leading brands including iCLASS®, SmartID™, HID Prox and Indala® Prox,
HID's access control readers and credentials feature low-frequency (125
kHz), high-frequency (13.56 MHz) and multi-technology RFID solutions.
Winner of multiple awards such as the CARTES SESAME, ASIS Accolades and
the Security Industry Association awards New Product Showcase awards for
innovation, HID’s iCLASS SIO™-Enabled (iCLASS SE) platform extends physical
access control beyond traditional cards and readers by enabling the use of
multiple form factors such as NFC smartphones and other devices while
increasing overall system security. HID Global’s networked access solutions
include VertX® controllers and EDGE® IP-based access control hardware that
are designed to meet the demands of open architecture, IP-centric
environments.
*Identity Assurance Solutions*
Through its ActivIdentity® brand, HID Global offers an integrated
logical access control portfolio consisting of strong authentication,
credential management and single-credential solutions that enable
enterprise, financial services and government customers to meet their
security and compliance requirements with the industry’s broadest range of
identity assurance solutions. HID Global also offers the widest portfolio
of innovative plug-and-play PC/SC OMNIKEY® smart card readers in the
industry.
*Secure Issuance Solutions*
HID Global’s secure issuance solutions provide the most comprehensive
array of FARGO® printer/encoders for custom card personalization, from
creating high-quality color photo IDs to encoding smart cards. Solutions
include our extensive Direct-to-Card (DTC) and High Definition Printing™
(HDP®) printer/encoder portfolios, along with a complete line of visual
security products and accessories.
*Government-to-Citizen ID Solutions*
HID Global’s government-to-citizen ID solutions provide advantages over
traditional paper-based documents, such as more cost-effective
administration, faster and easier verification, greater durability,
increased data privacy and greater protection against counterfeiting.
The portfolio includes e-documents, readers, inlays, prelaminates,
LaserCard® optical security media (OSM), embedded hologram technology, card
personalization solutions and smart card ID credentials for e-passport,
national ID, foreign resident, worker ID and vehicle registration programs.
*Visitor Management*
HID Global’s suite of EasyLobby visitor management solutions provide
comprehensive, enterprise-class visitor registration, badge printing,
tracking, reporting, asset and package management, web-based
pre-registration and employee/contractor time and attendance. HID’s
EasyLobby solutions are also tightly integrated with the most popular
access control systems in addition to human resources and other systems.
*HID Connect® Partner Solutions*
HID Global’s embedded solutions combine our strength in secure
credentialing with partner solutions to solve business problems by
extending the use of a single credential. HID Connect® partner solutions
using Genuine HID Technology™ include biometrics, mobile access, secure
print authentication and electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in
addition to a wide array of other applications.
For contactless and contact-based, EMV-compliant and proprietary
financial transactions systems, HID Global offers smart card and RFID
products and services, including MasterCard PayPass® certified and Visa®
contactless compliant products.
*Managed Services*
HID Global’s Managed Services offerings provide Genuine HID™ quality and
design expertise using industry best practices as well as worldwide
coverage that delivers end-to-end solutions for our customers.
*Identity on Demand™ Card Services *that provide the global know-how,
tools, delivery services, speed and ongoing support needed to ensure the
success of the most demanding credential program by eliminating the tedious
coordination that comes with managing large volume, advanced badging and
reissuance projects.
- *Mobile Access Services *that provide the industry expertise, speed
and services to activate, certify and validate secure digital credentials
on Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile phones for access control
and other applications in large volume projects.
*Identification Technologies*
*Industry and Logistics*
HID Global has extensive experience in secure, contactless technology
including transponders and reader module solutions. HID offers a broad
portfolio of field-proven RFID tags across diverse industrial vertical
markets, including asset tracking and logistics, waste management, animal
ID, retail and manufacturing and healthcare. All tags incorporate
read-write capability in device memory so that the tags’ stored data can be
actively updated or read, ultimately improving business performance through
tracking or quality control.
*HID Global Company History*
- 1991: Formed as Hughes Identification Devices, a subsidiary of Hughes
Aircraft
- 1995: Became a subsidiary of Palomar Technological Companies; changed
name to HID Corporation
- 1996: Acquired Sensor Engineering, adding Wiegand products
- 2000: Acquired by ASSA ABLOY
- 2001: HID acquired Motorola's Indala RFID access control business
- 2003: Acquired the card and reader business of Dorado Products, Inc.
- 2006: Acquired Fargo Electronics and merged with Indala to form HID
Global
- 2006: Merger of HID Global and ASSA ABLOY Identification Technology
(ITG)
- 2007: Acquired Integrated Engineering, adding flexible MIFARE-based
reader technology
- 2010: Acquired ActivIdentity, a global leader in identity assurance
- 2011: Acquired Lasercard, leading provider of secure ID solutions
- 2012: Acquired EasyLobby, the industry leader in secure visitor
management solutions
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