Enterprise & Financial Institutions See Immediate Benefits
     From Increased Risk Mitigation and Flexibility Across All
                  Major Mobile Operating Systems

FREMONT, Calif., July 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ActivIdentity(R),
part of HID Global(R), trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of
secure identity, today announced that the latest version of its 4TRESS
products offer the most granular level of control on the market for
organizations aiming to enforce not only which operating systems (OS)
and which soft tokens are used, but also which soft token version. With
this soft token solution, users can easily choose which mobile and
computer operating systems are allowed to run a soft token, and which
versions of the soft token are allowed as well. As more enterprise and
commerce workers use their personal smartphones and tablets in the
workplace, known as Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD), the ability to
control those devices and secure organizational data becomes an
unaddressed pain point, particularly amongst security-conscious
organizations. This solution elegantly and affordably addresses that
problem.

ActivIdentity 4TRESS provides complete multi-layered versatile strong
authentication for enterprises looking to secure access conveniently
and cost-effectively. This update enables soft token One-Time-Password
(OTP) solutions to be easily controlled based on the type of OS and the
version of the soft token to find the appropriate balance between
security, convenience and cost.

"Our customers in the enterprise and banking sectors are searching for
solutions which increase productivity and access while simultaneously
decreasing risk and improving control - a difficult proposition," said
Jeff Schmidt, Global Head, Business Continuity, Security & Governance,
BT. "The added features in this latest version of 4TRESS should provide
more flexibility, improved control and better risk mitigation across
the top 3 mobile operating systems."

Currently, a startling 71 percent of organizations allow workers to
bring their own devices. For those organizations which are
forward-thinking enough to have developed a policy, they still face
workarounds from tech-savvy users. By adding in these control
mechanisms, they can specify that users can only access data if they
are using a particular operating system, for example. This means the
system administrator can have a very specific user profile for who is
accessing sensitive data, how they are doing it and what type of device
they are accessing it from.

New 4TRESS Authentication Server Features Include:


  --  Control over which soft token platform is used in a particular
      environment. For example, a user can decide to enable iOS, Windows and
      Blackberry but disable usage from Android and J2ME phones.
  --  Version control for any and all soft tokens. For example, a user could
      enable the usage of the soft token v.4.1.1 running on iOS but disable
      access from the soft token v4.0.1 running on iOS, or any other
      iteration. This provides customers with additional options for risk
      mitigation.
  --  Software version reports which give users the ability see how many
      end-users they have from any type of operating system, or even the
      version of the soft token used. For example, a system administrator
      could run a report which would determine that 20 percent of users are
      running Android, and 30 percent of those are using soft token version
      4.0.1 with the other 70 percent using version 4.1.1.




"As the BYOD phenomenon has truly taken hold, we see a clear and
present need to enable flexibility for our customers who wanted the
maximum amount of control to data access," said Julian Lovelock, Vice
President Product Marketing, ActivIdentity. "This product addresses
that need in a number of granular ways not otherwise seen in the market
today."

The latest version of the 4TRESS solution is available immediately for
the Authentication Server and AAA Server for Remote Access solutions.
It will be available in the first quarter of 2013 for the
Authentication Appliance. For more information, click here.

Availability

The latest version of the 4TRESS solution is available immediately for
the Authentication Server and AAA Server for Remote Access solutions.
It will be available in the first quarter of 2013 for the
Authentication Appliance. For more information, click here.

About ActivIdentity

ActivIdentity, a global leader in identity assurance, enables customers
to prove and establish trust in a person's identity when accessing
resources on the network. The business's strong authentication and
smart card solutions are relied upon by more agencies, including the
U.S. Department of Defense, than any other provider, and has issued
more than 100 million credentials to enterprise, government and
commerce customers. ActivIdentity is headquartered in Silicon Valley,
California. ActivIdentity is part of HID Global, an ASSA ABLOY Group
brand. For more information, visit www.actividentity.com.

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