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SCM Microsystems to Supply Readers for German Electronic ID Program

Readers central component of government-sponsored Secure IT Kits to promote the use of citizen eID cards

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

SCM Microsystems, a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. and a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange, announced that more than 700,000 of its contactless smart card readers will be deployed to German citizens under the new electronic identification program managed by Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium des Innern). “The German electronic ID program breaks new ground in offering users a secure and easy way to protect the...

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