HID Global amplía su oferta en identificación biométrica con la adquisición de Crossmatch

The solutions for biometric identification management and authentication from Crossmatch complement the product and service offerings of this multinational's identification portfolio.

La adquisición de Crossmatch make it HID Global one of the world's leading suppliers of fingerprint biometric technologies, with a wide range of products including hardware, software, and identification and authentication services for its clients.

As noted by Stefan Widing, president and CEO of HID Global, 'incorporating Crossmatch strengthens our leadership in the secure identification market', y nos permitirá cumplir con la promesa de ofrecer herramientas biométricas en aplicaciones de identificación que son esenciales para el funcionamiento de las compañías e instituciones”.

Founded in 1996 y con sede en Florida (EU), Crossmatch cuenta con 270 profesionales que trabajan en su red global de centros de desarrollo y oficinas de ventas estratégicas, con soluciones enfocadas a los sectores de gobierno, defensa y comercial.

La experiencia de Crossmatch en el área de la biometría en el sector público aumenta el alcance de HID en entornors de inmigración y control fronterizo, organismos de seguridad, así como en los mercados militar y de defensa, con productos y soluciones que permiten, among other functions, el registro de detenidos, la identificación móvil rápida, background checks, access to military bases, counter-terrorism and mobile intelligence gathering, visa processing and citizen services.

Regarding its commercial biometrics offering, this company has a wide range of fingerprint readers, modules, sensors and software development kits for different vertical markets, as retail, financial, health, etc. In addition, there are single-fingerprint sensors for point-of-sale terminal manufacturers (POS), which integrate with the main software applications in this segment.

Con esta operación, HID also achieves a secure IT authentication solution, called DigitalPersona, which incorporates a series of factors based on risk levels, inter alia, behavioral biometrics, to ensure secure and seamless access to Windows, cloud applications, Web, mobile and other traditional applications.

Richard Agostinelli, general director of Crossmatch, has expressed his satisfaction at 'becoming part of the HID family'. To combat today's sophisticated security threats, innovative and comprehensive identity management solutions are required that incorporate both biometric and non-biometric components. Our biometric identity management and combined authentication solutions are a perfect complement to HID's already robust offering.