EANS-News: Identive Group Inc.
Hirsch´s Lars Suneborn Appointed to Lead
Rewrite of RTCA National Airport Access Control Standards
08.11.2011 – 09:38
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marketing Santa Ana, Calif., November 8, 2011 (euro adhoc) - Hirsch Electronics, a leading security systems manufacturer and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE, Frankfurt: INV) announces Lars Suneborn, Director of the Government Program Group for Hirsch, will lead the RTCA (Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics) Subcommittee SC 224 effort to update the RTCA DO230 Integrated Security System Standard for Airport Access Control. A thirty-year veteran of the identity management and access control industries, Suneborn will lead the RTCA subcommittee through a complete overhaul and revision of physical access control system performance standards for the U.S. air transport industry. Last updated in February 2008, these standards provide guidance to airports nationwide on the implementation of airport staff security systems including identity management and credentials, physical access control, intrusion detection and video surveillance. The official standards advisory council will meet several times over the next 16 months. Suneborn stated, "The justification for the rewrite reflects the emergence of new smart cards, identity management and credential technology along with the impact modern technologies and innovations have on physical access control systems. Technology improvements have been so significant the most effective approach is a comprehensive redraft of the standards." Along with the committee´s security industry experts, key personnel from FAA, TSA, AAAE, ACC, ACI, DHS and additional industry-associated individuals will be invited to attend and observe. The presence of influential aviation decision-makers allows for complete, comprehensive understanding of the new access control standards as they are developed, easing future implementation of the guidelines by the aviation industry. "The idea here," Suneborn explained, "is to provide uniformity of standards across the industry so that the federal funding process for critical access control improvements can be streamlined." The new policies can be used by both commercial and private airports, airstrips, landing fields and other industry-related facilities. About Hirsch: Hirsch, a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), manufactures integrated security and identity systems for worldwide markets. Hirsch´s award-winning solutions incorporate access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, digital certificates, smart cards and biometrics in order to successfully secure facilities, digital assets and electronic transactions. For more information, please visit www.HirschElectronics.com. 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.identive-group.com. All trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Further inquiry note: Frau Annika Oelsner Tel.: +49 89 9595-5220 E-Mail: aoelsner@identive-group.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 indexes: NASDAQ stockmarkets: Nasdaq: New York, free trade: Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München, Open Market / Entry Standard: Frankfurt language: English