HID Global explained

HID Global
Type:Private
Location:Austin, Texas
Key People:Björn Lidefelt
President and CEO
Ramesh Songukrishnasamy
(Senior VP and CTO)
Industry:Security
Products:Photo ID badges
Contactless/contact smart cards
Smart card readers
Card printers
Inlays
RFID tags and fobs
Biometrics
Physical Identity & Access Management (PIAM)
PKI Solutions
FIDO Credentials
Embedded products
Num Employees:4,000
Revenue: US$6.1 Billion 2011[1]
(ASSA ABLOY)
Net Income: US$1.0 Billion 2011
(ASSA ABLOY)
Equity: US$3.32 Billion 2011
(ASSA ABLOY)
Parent:Assa Abloy

HID Global is an American manufacturer of secure identity products. The company is an independent subsidiary of Assa Abloy, a multinational door and access control conglomerate.[2] Björn Lidefelt was appointed CEO on 27 January 2020. He succeeded Stefan Widing, who led HID Global for over four years.

History

Originally formed to develop radio frequency identification technologies, HID Global was formed in 1991 as Hughes Identification Devices, a subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft Company with offices in California and Scotland. The original 125-kilohertz and 400-kilohertz proximity technology had been pioneered by Destron/IDI (formerly Identification Devices Inc.), in Boulder, Colorado, and used primarily for Animal Identification and Proximity Access Control, and to a lesser degree in Manufacturing Processes, Tyre tracking and a few other Asset Identification applications.[3] Already a supplier to Destron/ID of low-frequency microchips, Hughes Aircraft Company acquired exclusive rights to the Access Control and Industrial markets, leading to the formation of Hughes Identification Devices.

In 1994 the office in Scotland was closed and the European business passed to a UK based independent distributor, ID Plus Ltd who were later acquired by HID Corporation Ltd in August 1999.

In October 1995, Hughes management, with help from Citibank Venture Capital, combined its military communications and display products groups with its AML Wireless Systems organization and Hughes Identification Devices (HID) to form Palomar Technologies Corporation.[4] It was at that point that the decision was made to focus efforts on RFID for physical access control, and five years later, the company was acquired by the world's largest lock-maker, Swedish conglomerate Assa Abloy AB.

Products

The company sells physical access control products, logical access control products, and secure issuance products that comprise cards, readers, smart card readers (OMNIKEY), networked access products, card printer/encoders (FARGO) and software. Its other business segments includes virtualization technology, cashless payment, government ID, RFID for industry and logistics and Animal ID solutions and professional services.[5]

HID manufactures and licenses several types of technologies, from Wiegand products to 13.56 MHz iCLASS,[6] [7] MIFARE, and DESFire, as well as the 125 kHz Indala and Prox cards. Migration readers from various 125 kHz Prox technologies to 13.56 MHz iCLASS were introduced in 2007.[8]

Manufacturing

The company is based in Austin, Texas with other production facilities in Asia and Europe. Some of these facilities are located in Hong Kong, China and Galway, Ireland. It also has research and development centers in Cardiff, United Kingdom, Bangalore, Suresnes, Prague, Kraków and Zabierzów, Poland,[9] Fremont and Mountain View in Northern California. The company also has a design facility in Chennai, India.[10]

Partners

HID Global serves a variety of partner such as OEMs, system integrators, application developers and channel partners in domestic and international markets. Some OEM partners include Siemens, Honeywell, Lenel (UTC Fire & Security), and Tyco. The company also partners with computer manufacturers to create new products. HID worked with Dell to develop HID on the Desktop, a three-component PC logon application that won the 2009 Smart Card Alliance Award for Outstanding Technology.[11] [12] HID later partnered with Panasonic to integrate an HID Global RFID module into Panasonic's Personal Identification Mini Dock to support reading biometric passports.[13]

HID Global also worked with Inside Secure (formally known as Inside Contactless) and US Bank to supply HID iCLASS contactless smart card technology in the US Bank PayID card program that was the 2010 Paybefore Award Winner for Best Innovative Program.[14] The PayID card program uses an all-purpose card to provide contactless physical access to U.S. Bank facilities, along with contactless payment and traditional magnetic stripe cards for purchases made by U.S. Bank employees.[15]

Customers

End-users of HID products primarily include government, financial, corporate, education and healthcare markets.

Distributors

HID Global's world-class partner community includes Integrators, Distributors, OEMS, Managed Services Providers, Embedded OEMS and Technical Alliance Partners that help organizations identify, purchase and implement the most extensive line of powerful and versatile security products.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual Report 2011 . 2011 . Assa Abloy .
  2. Web site: About HID Global . HID Global . 2019-09-13.
  3. Web site: The evolution of HID. Martin. Zack. 2009-05-04. SecureIDNews. Avisian Publishing. en-US. 2019-09-13.
  4. Web site: Palomar History . Esterline Communication Systems . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014110549/http://www.esterline.com/Overview/PalomarHistory/tabid/1544/Default.aspx . 14 October 2012 . 4 February 2011 .
  5. Web site: In The Boardroom With Mr. Denis Hebert . SecurityStockWatch.com . 2019-09-13.
  6. Web site: Analyzing a modern cryptographic RFID system - HID iClass demystified . Henryk . Plötz . 29 December 2010 . . Berlin. 13 January 2011 .
  7. Web site: Heart of Darkness - exploring the uncharted backwaters of HID iCLASS security . Milosch . Meriac . 29 December 2010 . . Berlin . 5. 13 January 2011 .
  8. Web site: HID multiCLASS Contactless Smart Card and Proximity Readers Now Support Indala Proximity and AWID Formats . 2007-07-11 . Secure Technology Alliance . en-US . 2019-09-13.
  9. Web site: Careers in Poland .
  10. Web site: HID Global opens design facility in Chennai . Hariharan . Sindhu . 2015-06-19 . The Times of India.
  11. Web site: HID teams with Dell to create new position, mobile workforce solution . 2009-06-08 . SDMag.
  12. Dell partnership: Alliance Activities : OSCA Awards: 2009 smartcardalliance.org
  13. Web site: HID Global provides RFID reader module to DESKO for Mobile Border-Control Identity-Checking System. sourcesecurity.com.
  14. Web site: I Stock Analyst - Magazine 2021.
  15. Web site: HID Global's iCLASS smart card technology enables U.S. Bank's PayID Government Security News. gsnmagazine.com. 13 September 2019. 3 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120303050631/http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/20049?c=access_control_identification. dead.
  16. http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20110427005606/en/iclass/hid-global/banco-do-nordestem Banco do Nordeste do Brasil Reinforces the Security of Its Administrative Center with Access-Control Solutions from HID Global
  17. http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/Employers-Mutual-Casualty-bw-2876939033.html?x=0 Employers Mutual Casualty
  18. [China Pacific Insurance]
  19. Web site: HID Access Control Solution Protects Chinese People's Procuratorate - asmag.com. asmag.com.
  20. [Amway]
  21. Web site: ASSA ABLOY Acquires HID Corporation. hidglobal.com.
  22. Web site: HID Acquires Motorola's Indala RFID Access Control Business - Article - Security Sales & Integration Magazine . 30 August 2011 . 29 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329114828/http://www.securitysales.com/channel/access-control/articles/2001/11/hid-acquires-motorolas-indala-rfid-access-control-business.aspx . dead .
  23. Web site: HID and ASSA ABLOY Identification Technologies Merge. hidglobal.com.
  24. Web site: HID Global Announces Agreement to Acquire ActivIdentity. hidglobal.com.
  25. Web site: LaserCard Acquisition to Advance HID Global Solutions for Secure Identity HID Global. hidglobal.com.
  26. Web site: HID Global Acquires Codebench. hidglobal.com.
  27. Web site: HID Global Acquires Biometric Leader Lumidigm, Enhances Authentication Portfolio HID Global. hidglobal.com.
  28. Web site: HID Global Acquires IdenTrust to Expand Its Leadership Position in Secure Identity Solutions HID Global. hidglobal.com.
  29. Web site: HID Global Announces Acquisition of IAI to Add to Identity Security Solutions Portfolio . Security Sales & Integration. 15 December 2015. SSI Staff.
  30. Web site: HID acquires Quantum Secure. Security Systems News. Martha Entwistle.
  31. Web site: HID Global buys DemoTeller. Security Systems News. SSN Staff.
  32. Web site: HID Global to Acquire Mercury Security, Expanding its Leadership in Access Control HID Global. hidglobal.com.
  33. Web site: HID Global Acquires Crossmatch to Expand in Biometric Identity Management HID Global. hidglobal.com.

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