HID Global Adds Trust to Online Transactions and Digital Access with HID Approve Mobile App

HID
Global Adds Trust to Online Transactions and Digital Access with HID Approve
Mobile App

Singapore, May 23, 2017 – HID Global®, a worldwide leader in
trusted identity solutions, today announced a new app, HID Approve™,
which turns a mobile device into a handheld validation device or
“authenticator” that verifies online access and transaction requests, such as
digital banking transactions or corporate VPN access. HID Approve adds a new
level of trust for consumers and employees to transact securely. 

The HID Approve mobile app combines public
key-based cryptography and push technology to create a new experience for
customers of banks, retailers and healthcare providers as well as between
employees and enterprise or organizations.  This allows customers to be
more confident and have more control over who is accessing their confidential
and proprietary information. 

Delivering next-generation, multi-factor
authentication capabilities, the new software-based solution from HID Global
provides added security that is far more intuitive and user-friendly compared
to traditional methods of authentication.  Ultimately, it helps increase
cybersecurity for digital business and enterprises while improving customer and
employee satisfaction.  

“HID Approve will transform secure digital
transactions in ways similar to what Uber® did for car service and
mobile keys did for hotel check-in,” said Brad Jarvis, Vice President and
Managing Director, IAM Solutions with HID Global.  “HID Approve
significantly simplifies and empowers consumers to better protect their
finances, reduce fraud and have peace of mind.”

HID Approve is enabled by HID Global’s ActivID®
Authentication infrastructure.  Every time a transaction or access is
attempted online, the ActivID Authentication system leverages push
technology to send a notification to the consumer’s mobile device to ask
him/her to approve the transaction or login attempt. The user then swipes right
to accept it or left to reject it — exercising simple, purposeful and instantaneous
verification.

HID Approve has multiple deployment options:

·        
Turnkey application that is fully managed by HID
Global and easily customizable, so organizations can present their brand
without the need to build and maintain a custom app 

·        
Software Development Kit to integrate HID Approve
capabilities into existing corporate apps

The company’s new solution includes flexible
policy customization, robust security and data analytics.  HID Approve
also creates an audit trail for financial institutions and enables

organizations to comply with regulations,
such as PSD2, among others. This platform also powers HID’s popular
one-time password token portfolio.  

This mobile application’s adaptive security
approach also creates the ideal balance of security and usability, plus
presents a new way of balancing different authentication methods to better meet
both business and consumer needs.

HID Approve is a strong addition to an
already robust identity management portfolio, which includes solutions that cover
the entire identity lifecycle and the authentication technology and devices to
ensure that the right people access the right information, including tokens,
smartcards, and biometrics – and now push technology.