In a press release by HID Global®, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, today announced that The Silicon Review named HID as one of the top cyber security vendors to watch in 2017.
HID, with offices in Silicon Valley, was recognized for its expanding presence in the cyber security market, as well as for its broad portfolio of digital identity solutions, including multi-factor authentication, digital certificates, digital & physical identity lifecycle management, cloud services, threat analytics and mobile banking.
HID Global secures the Internet of Things (IoT), providing strong authentication for the identities of people and things as well as creating trusted physical and digital places. HID’s award-winning IoT solutions that secure interactions and enable connected environments have been recognized for innovation by the most influential trade organizations in the identity technology space. Customers worldwide, including enterprise organizations, governments, financial institutions, universities and hospitals, rely on HID Global for making identities trusted.
“In this new mobile and cloud-enabled world, identity has become the new perimeter, and identity is central to cyber security,” said Brad Jarvis, Vice President and Managing Director of IAM Solutions with HID Global. “As a leader in trusted identity solutions, we are making it possible to verify millions of identities every day. When our customers implement the newest-generation technologies for trusted identities, the threat of cyber attacks becomes less daunting while greater peace of mind builds confidence for governments and organizations that put value on trust.”
With cyber threats coming in many different forms, HID as a whole is advancing digital identity security in the following ways:
- Digital Authentication: Securing digital identities with two-factor authentication and validating transactions via mobile authentication
- Digital Certificates: Securing the connections of things with a higher level of trust
- Threat Detection: Securing digital environments by automatically correlating complex threats across physical and cyber domains
- E-Government Solutions: Securing electronic government-to-citizen IDs
- ID issuance: Secure cloud-based services to issue people’s IDs
- Mobile Access: Securing the use of smartphones to open doors and access systems via cloud services
- Cyber-Physical: Securing access to facilities with protective mechanisms that satisfy stringent government requirements, protecting places from cyber breaches
- Mobile Ticketing: Securing the use of a smartphone app as tickets to concerts and sporting events
HID has been showcasing its broad digital identity solutions portfolio throughout National Cyber Security Awareness Month, which was initiated through a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance. Follow HID Global on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
About HID Global
HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things. We make it possible for people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. Our trusted identity solutions give people convenient access to physical and digital places and connect things that can be identified, verified and tracked digitally. Millions of people around the world use HID products and services to navigate their everyday lives, and over 2 billion things are connected through HID technology. We work with governments, educational institutions, hospitals, financial institutions, industrial businesses and some of the most innovative companies on the planet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, HID Global has over 3,000 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.
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