EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Identive Smart Card Readers Support Cyber Security for U.S. Government Agency

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SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, June 7, 2012 (euro adhoc) -
Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of
products and services for the identification, security and RFID
industries, today announced it is providing 266,000 smart card
readers to a U.S. government agency for secure authentication and
email encryption. The SCR3310/v2 readers fit easily into the USB port
of a PC and allow government employees to quickly and securely log on
to the agency's computer network.

"Cyber security is receiving an increasing amount of focus across
industries and among consumers as well. Using smart cards to validate
user identities is an important step in protecting the data on a
computer and the assets in a network. U.S. government agencies are
ahead of the curve in adopting smart card-based security and have a
clear understanding of the benefits," explained Dr. Manfred Mueller,
COO Identification Products for Identive. "For this agency, the
product delivery schedule was quite aggressive and Identive was the
only supplier capable of delivering the required volumes in a short
time. Once again we have demonstrated why Identive is recognized as a
trusted supplier to the U.S. government market."

Identive's SCR3310/v2 USB smart card readers are compact, ergonomic
and compliant with all relevant technology and industry application
standards, making them ideally suited for a variety of government and
consumer applications, including electronic ID, social security and
eGovernment as well as loyalty programs, e-Couponing, e-Banking,
online shopping and gaming activities.

About Identive Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV) 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 www.identive-group.com or
follow on Twitter at @IdentiveGroup.

Further inquiry note:
Mr. Lennart Streibel
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5195
E-Mail: lstreibel@identive-group.com

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company: Identive Group Inc.
Carnegie Ave., Bldg. B 1900
US-CA 92705 Santa Ana
phone: +1 949 553 4280
FAX: +49 89 9595-5555
mail: investorrelations@identive-group.com
WWW: http://www.identive-group.com
sector: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: US45170X1063
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