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SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, June 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Identive Group, Inc. (INVE) (INV.F), a provider of products and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, today announced that its PACT 1241 physical access control terminal has been approved for the Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) Certified Products List (CPL) of CertiPath, a leading independent provider of identity assurance services. This certification signifies to federal, state and local government agencies that Identive's PACT 1241 reader has undergone rigorous testing for compliance with the recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as laid out in NIST SP 800-116. The reader was tested in a number of authentication modes and demonstrated its ability to correctly and faithfully work with government-issued Personal Identity Verification (PIV) and PIV-I credentials, using both the contact and contactless interfaces of these cards.

"To comply with federal mandates, agencies at the national, state and local level are deploying PIV and PIV-I credentials for physical access authentication, extending their current use for secure network logon and cyber access. Approval for the CertiPath CPL identifies the PACT 1241 as a trusted product for use with these highly secure credentials, and in particular to support the management of both network and physical access with a single set of electronic credentials, or PKI at the door," said John Menzel, vice president Access Control ID Solutions for Identive.

CertiPath's CPL includes end-to-end system configurations that meet Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)-201 requirements, thus providing OEMs and facility owners with peace of mind knowing their systems meet the detailed security requirements of federal standards. CertiPath's process included assessment of Identive's physical access reader in more than 160 test cases within a full physical access control system. The PACT 1241 reader is certified to operate with any U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)-approved authentication module as part of a complete Card Authentication Key (CAK) authentication system.

Monitor Dynamics, a provider of Unified Security Management Solutions to the US federal government, unifies Identive's PACT 1241 reader into its Award-Winning Trusted FICAM Platform for FIPS 201 PACS compliance to support all authentication modes up to and including two-factor PIV-I authentication -- enabling the delivery of PKI at the reader for validation across the Federal Bridge. The combined solution recently won the Platinum Award for Best Government Access Control System from Security Products Magazine test labs and GovSec Government Security Conference Judges. "Unifying Identive's PACT readers into the Trusted FICAM Platform allows us to offer all government organizations an accelerated path to compliance with a turn-key FIPS-201 approved CAK authentication system, capable of reading PIV and PIV-I credentials out of the box. This proven combination is currently operating at numerous DoD installations across the United States and is scheduled for additional new implementations throughout the year," said Troy Paddock, president of Monitor Dynamics.

About Identive

Identive Group, Inc. (INVE) (INV.F) is focused on building the world's signature company in Secure ID. The company's products, software, systems and services address the markets for identity management, physical and logical access control, cashless payment, NFC solutions and a host of RFID-enabled applications for customers in the government, enterprise, consumer, education and healthcare sectors. Identive's mission is to build a lasting business of scale and technology based on a combination of strong technology-driven organic growth and disciplined acquisitive expansion. The company delivers up-to-date information on its activity as well as industry trends through its industry-leading social media initiatives and educational resource, AskIdentive.com. For additional information, please visit http://www.identive-group.com or follow on Twitter at @IdentiveGroup.

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