EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Identive's Smartag™ Crypto Tags Offer Smart Card Security and Functionality in a Versatile Tag Format

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Subtitle: Identive’s advanced technology enables durable, robust tags
to address wide array of secure applications

Marketing

SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, December 17, 2012 (euro
adhoc) - Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a
provider of solutions and services for the identification, security
and RFID industries, today announced its Smartag Crypto tag, a new
radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that offers all the
functionality and encryption capabilities of a microcontroller smart
card in a smaller and more flexible form factor. Smartag Crypto
incorporates a full-featured contactless smart card microprocessor
with a large memory capacity and cryptographic capabilities, enabling
the tag to be used in place of a smart card for a wide range of
high-security and high-functionality applications. Smartag Crypto is
the newest addition to Identive's Smartag family of high performance
RFID products.

"Our new Smartag Crypto tag provides customers with a versatile new
option for ID credentials and other high-security applications
needing increased processing, memory, or cryptographic capabilities.
Just like a smart card, the tag has strong security to safeguard and
manage personal information and privileges. Smartag Crypto's small
size and large memory make it ideal for traditional, mobile and
future secure applications such as payment, network logon, physical
access, transportation, digital signatures and authentication to
e-health and e-government programs. Whether adhered to a mobile phone
or embedded in a wristband or badge, Smartag Crypto also supports the
growing trend towards mobile multi-application credentials," stated
Dr. Manfred Mueller, COO Identification Products for Identive.

Michael Kober, managing director of Identive's Transponder business
unit add, "Identive's proprietary, patented and patent-pending
technology as well as advanced manufacturing made it possible to
bring Smartag Crypto to market without the use of extra IC packaging
or modules, while offering high reliability and durability. Multiple
versions of the tag are already available, and early next year we
expect to introduce a 'peel and apply,' convertible tag embedded
within an ID1-sized card body, which will enable the tag's production
in standard card manufacturing and personalization environments."

The new Smartag Crypto tag is immediately available as a
market-proven sticker form factor based on Identive's tag on metal
(tom™) shielding technology, which is ideally suited for adhering to
mobile devices. The Smartag Crypto tag is designed to support a range
of market-leading contactless smart card ICs, enabling customers to
choose the memory size, operating system and capabilities that best
suit their application needs. Currently Smartag Crypto is available
with NXP Semiconductors' security-certified SmartMX PKI and Inside
Secure's contactless picopass ICs.

To place an order or for more information, please contact Identive's
Transponders team at info@identive-transponders.com.

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.

Note: Identive, the Identive logo, Smartag and tom are trademarks and
tom is of Identive Group, Inc, registered in many jurisdictions
worldwide. All other company, product or service names may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of others and are the property of
their respective owners.

Further inquiry note:
Darby Dye, +1 949 553-4251, ddye@identive-group.com
Lennart Streibel, +49 89 9595-5195, lstreibel@identive-group.com

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company: Identive Group Inc.
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