19/10/2010
HID to licence its Trusted ID Platform
Dallas, Tx
“TIP is a simple but protected system that we believe represents the future of access control for the deployment of secure identity,” said Dr. Tam Hulusi, senior vice president at HID Global. “Since introducing TIP in March, we have created a comprehensive developer’s program and are now working with software and hardware partners to cultivate a broad ecosystem of TIP-enabled products. Users will be able to validate and register these products as trusted nodes that can securely receive applications, products and services at any time, which will significantly extend the value proposition for users of HID’s secure identity products.”
In an early example of TIP product development, HID Global announced in July that it was working with INSIDE Contactless to bring market-leading iCLASS identity credentials to near-field communications (NFC) mobile phones. Credentials for these NFC mobile phones will be securely delivered via HID Global’s TIP system.
HID Global’s TIP technology turns access control readers, laptops, NFC-equipped mobile phones and other products into trusted identity nodes that can be securely provisioned regardless of where they are in the world, and how they are connected. The TIP vault issues secure identity objects (SIOs) to each TIP-enabled node, managing them under the control of a cryptographic key-management security policy. The SIOs are sent to the TIP nodes using a secure messaging protocol, and each node includes an interpreter mechanism to process the SIO. The TIP architecture is fully scalable, its transmission protocol and encryption models are standards-based, and it can support multiple usage models including cloud-based applications that require service delivery across the Internet without compromising security.