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Hirsch Awarded First $1M for Multi-year Project to Supply Security Systems to the IRS

Dec. 8, 2010 - Santa Ana, CA (euro adhoc) -

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Government Contracts
Hirsch, a leading
security systems manufacturer and a business unit of Identive Group, 
Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE) (FRANKFURT: INV), today confirmed the award of 
more than $1 million in orders to supply the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) with Hirsch security systems and services. The awards are 
associated with the first phase of a multi-year plan to install 
Hirsch security systems at several hundred buildings nationwide. The 
notice of the awards was first made public by the General Services 
Administration pursuant to Federal disclosure regulations.
The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requires 
agencies to ensure the security of personal information -- names, 
addresses, etc. -- that resides in computer systems. As part of 
FISMA, federal agencies must conduct an extensive Security Test and 
Evaluation (ST&E) and issue Certification and Accreditation (C&A) 
only to vendors that meet the security requirements.
"This customer's data security needs and FISMA requirements were 
indeed extensive," noted Lars Suneborn, director of Hirsch's 
Government Program Group. "Hirsch is proud to have had its Velocity 
software successfully complete the C&A process." Before obtaining a 
C&A, a software package´s internal security settings and policies are
rigorously reviewed and tested. "The testing requirements make sense 
when you consider the liability issues associated with identity theft
and storing PII [personally identifiable information] in computers."
As part of the project, Hirsch will provide card access readers, 
access control panels, intrusion detection devices, video 
surveillance equipment and professional services. The system features
include encryption of data at rest, in transit and in use; remote web
access system administration; and a fully redundant immediate 
fail-over server environment.
"The IRS data centers and computers hold a massive amount of 
sensitive information -- all of our tax records plus much more," 
noted Mr. Suneborn. "It's an exciting project working with the 
agency's officers and administrators, IT staff, engineers and 
facilities groups in designing and implementing this advanced 
security system. It addresses not only security but also information 
assurance (IA) objectives -- such as data confidentiality, integrity,
and availability -- and continuity of government (COG) needs for 
fault tolerance, replication, disaster recovery, and remote yet 
secure accessibility."
About Hirsch Electronics
Hirsch, a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE) 
(FRANKFURT: INV), manufactures integrated security and identity 
systems for worldwide markets. Hirsch provides solutions for 
commercial and government smart cards and employs experts in HSPD-12,
FIPS 201, PIV, CAC, TWIC, ICAM and FISMA. The company won both "Best 
of Show" and "Best IT Security Product" awards at GOVSEC 2009. 
Further, Hirsch's RUU Verification Station was awarded "Best 
Authentication/Identification System" at the Government Security News
2009 Homeland Security Awards.  Identive Group, Inc. is a leading 
provider of products, services and solutions for the security, 
identification and RFID industries.  For more information, please 
visit www.HirschElectronics.com and www.identive-group.com.
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

Further inquiry note:

Scott Howell
marketing@hirschelectronics.com
+1 949-250-8888

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