ASSA ABLOY acquires IdenTrust

A leading provider of digital authentication solutions, IdenTrust, has been acquired by ASSA ABLOY in the US. IdenTrust provides advanced cryptology systems, recognized by global financial institutions, government agencies and corporations around the world. IdenTrust is both a Trust Framework and an Identity Provider. Solutions are based on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). The company says the acquisition complements the previous acquisition of ActivIdentity and considerably strengthens the HID Global value proposition around secure authentication, providing a trust framework for issuing, authenticating and using digital identities based on open standards.