EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Security Industry Experts from Identive Group provide Leadership to Government at NIST FIPS 201-2 Workshop

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Santa Ana, Calif. and Ismaning, Germany, April 18, 2011 (euro adhoc)
- Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of
products, services and solutions for the security, identification and
RFID industries, today announced that two of its security industry
experts will speak at a National institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) workshop to discuss the next major revision of
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201. FIPS 201 is a
U.S. federal government standard that specifies Personal Identity
Verification (PIV) requirements for federal employees and
contractors. The workshop is being held April 18-19, 2011 at NIST
headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Rob Zivney, vice president Government and Standards for Identive
Group, will speak in his role as chair of the PIV working group of
the Security Industry Association (SIA). SIA is the leading trade
organization for businesses in the electronic and physical security
market. Mr. Zivney will present issues and recommendations from SIA
with emphasis on best practices for physical security,
synchronization with other publications (e.g., SP 800-116, ICAM),
processes for registering a PIV card to a Physical Access Contol
System (PACS) for "PKI at the Door," impact on the GSA Approved
Product List (APL), and why the table summarizing Assurance Levels
for Physical Access Authentication is incomplete - or broken.

Lars Suneborn, director, Government Programs for Identive´s Hirsch
Electronics business, will present findings and recommendations from
industry as well as government agencies in his role of chair of the
Physical Access Council of the Smart Card Alliance, which works to
stimulate the understanding, adoption, and widespread application of
smart card and cryptographic (PKI) technology for strong
authentication in security applications.

Both Mr. Zivney and Mr. Suneborn are security industry veterans with
more than 50 combined years of experience.

Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the
U.S. Department of Commerce, whose mission is to promote U.S.
innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement
science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic
security and improve quality of life. The purpose of the upcoming
workshop is to exchange information on Draft FIPS 201-2, answer
questions and provide clarifications regarding the draft. Attendees
are expected to include representatives of federal agencies and
industry.

About Identive Group Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt:
INV) is an international technology company focused on building the
world´s signature group in secure identification-based technologies.
The businesses within Identive Group have deep industry expertise and
are well-known global brands in their individual markets, providing
leading-edge products and solutions in the areas of physical and
logical access control, identity management and RFID systems to
governments, commercial and industrial enterprises and consumers.
Identive´s growth model is based on a combination of strong
technology-driven organic growth from the businesses within the group
and disciplined acquisitive development. For additional info visit:
www.identive-group.com.

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