Integration of Codebench PIVCheck Plus and Hirsch Velocity™ enables validation, registration of FIPS-201 credentials in mobile environment

Coconut Creek, Fla. / Santa Ana, Calif., January 19, 2012 – Codebench, Inc. and Hirsch Identive today announced the integration of Codebench’s PIVCheck Plus software with Hirsch Identive’s award-winning Velocity™ Management Software, providing federal government and commercial customers with a start-to-finish solution for identity validation, authentication and PACS registration using mobile handheld devices. 

Pairing PIVCheck with Velocity helps users comply with HSPD-12 and PIV-I requirements by enabling them to validate and register FIPS-201 credentials, continue that validation on an ongoing, user-defined schedule, and provide instant certificate status when the credentials are presented at a reader.

Codebench CEO Geri B. Castaldo is excited about the partnership.  “By teaming with Hirsch Identive, Codebench compatible third-party mobile devices running PIVCheck Plus now can be used to validate and register FIPS-201 credentials leveraging Velocity, one of the most highly regarded security management platforms in the market today,” says Castaldo.

Codebench’s PIVCheck Software Suite is a card validation, authentication and registration solution for HSPD-12 compliance with software components that run on both desktop and ruggedized handheld mobile devices. Hirsch Identive’s Velocity Management Software seamlessly integrates security systems including access control, intrusion detection, video surveillance and recording, photo ID badging, smart cards, biometrics and interoperability with other building and business systems.  Together, these leading solutions enable the use of handheld smart card readers to authenticate, authorize and secure identities to help customers deliver security anywhere.

“Hirsch has found a rare blend of adherence to standards and innovation in our partnership with Codebench,” says John Guerrero, Vice President of Business Solutions for Hirsch Identive. “Hirsch can now offer handheld HSPD-12 or FIPS-201 and TWIC compliance by leveraging a facility’s physical access control system for card validation, authentication, and registration.”

About Codebench

Codebench is a software development firm focused exclusively on physical security applications. A leading developer of software integration solutions, Codebench’s PIVCheck software suite was twice named Best Integrated System for HSPD-12/FIPS 201 Compliance by Government Security News.  A certified Women’s Business Enterprise located in Coconut Creek, Fla., Codebench serves the Fortune 500, academic and government markets. For more information, visit www.pivcheck.com or call (561) 883-3218.

About Hirsch Identive:

Hirsch Identive, a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), provides integrated security and identity systems for worldwide markets. Hirsch Identive’s award-winning solutions incorporate access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, digital certificates, smart cards and biometrics in order to successfully secure facilities, digital assets and electronic transactions. For more information, please visit www.Hirsch-Identive.com.

Identive Group, Inc. is a leading provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries. For more information, please visit www.identive-group.com.

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