SCM Microsystems Receives Market Leadership Award in North America
July 29 2009 - 1:30AM
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Frost & Sullivan Honors SCM for Significant Contributions to
U.S. Government Programs and Broader Smart Card Reader Market SANTA
ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM; Prime Standard, SMY), a
leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity
and secure exchange, announced today that it has received the 2009
Frost & Sullivan North American Smart Card Readers Market
Leadership Award from global growth consulting firm Frost &
Sullivan. In making the selection, Frost & Sullivan's analysts
emphasized SCM's market success over many years, with more than two
million card readers distributed to U.S. federal government smart
card programs, enabling both secure PC log-in for military
personnel under the Common Access Card (CAC) program of the
Department of Defense and both logical and physical access for the
inter-agency Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program that
covers all federal workers. Other factors of note were SCM's broad
range of advanced smart card reader solutions and its recently
completed strategic merger with Hirsch Electronics. "SCM's
significant contributions to the U.S. government's large-scale
security programs were a key element in our decision," said Rufus
Connell, Research Director at Frost & Sullivan. "Our outlook is
that as the company begins to realize the synergies from its merger
with Hirsch Electronics, it will be in an excellent position to
achieve an even greater market impact with a product range that
spans both contact and contactless solutions for both logical and
physical access security." "The U.S. led the world in using smart
card technology to provide strong authentication solutions in large
government programs, and SCM has been a leading supplier to the
U.S. market for an essential part of the solution - the reader that
connects the smart card to a PC or laptop and the network behind
it," said Felix Marx, chief executive officer of SCM Microsystems.
"Now, the U.S. is beginning to implement contactless technology, in
applications ranging from government services to electronic
payment. At SCM, our strategy includes a focus on being a leading
provider of new contactless reader technology to the American
market. We are very proud of this recognition of our unique product
line and market leadership from the distinguished research and
consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan." SCM and Hirsch have a long
history of demonstrating smart card technology leadership in the
government, institutional and commercial markets. Their smart card
reader line includes unique products based on industry standards
that support multiple card formats and protocols in a single
device, such as the Physical Access Control Terminal (PACT) family
which reads contact and contactless smart cards including all
versions of cards used in the CAC, PIV and Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC) program; the patented
ScramblePadProx(TM), which includes a high security scrambling
keypad and supports 125 kHz proximity cards as well as 13.56 MHz
PIV, CAC, TWIC, MIFARE and DESFire contactless cards; and the
RUU-201Verification Station which performs certificate validation
and includes a scrambling keypad, contact and contactless card
readers, a minutiae-based biometric fingerprint reader and an LCD
display. About Frost & Sullivan Frost & Sullivan, the
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Partnership, please visit http://www.frost.com/. About SCM
Microsystems, Inc. SCM Microsystems (NASDAQ:SCMM; Prime Standard:
SMY) is a global leader in security and identity solutions for
secure access, secure identity and secure exchange. Together with
its Hirsch Electronics subsidiary, SCM provides complete,
integrated solutions that secure digital assets, electronic
transactions and facilities. The company offers the world's
broadest range of contact, contactless and mobile smart card reader
technology; physical and logical access control systems; digital
identity transaction platforms; biometrics; and digital video.
SCM's solutions enable a wide variety of applications including
enterprise security, identity management, contactless payment,
e-health and electronic government services. For additional
information, visit http://www.scmmicro.com/ and
http://www.hirschelectronics.com/. Note: All trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: SCM Microsystems,
Inc. CONTACT: Annika Oelsner, +49 89 9595-5220, , or Darby Dye,
+1-949-553-4251, , both of SCM Microsystems Web Site:
http://www.scmmicro.com/ http://www.frost.com/
http://www.hirschelectronics.com/
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