About the DigitalPersona AD v4.4.0 Release

HID Global is pleased to announce the release of HID DigitalPersona v4.4.0, which includes security, flexibility, usability, and deployment enhancements.

As with every release, HID DigitalPersona continues to build on its reputation as a leading advanced multi-factor authentication solution that supports the widest array of authentication factors in the industry.

What’s New in the 4.4.0 Release

  • Card identification in the DigitalPersona Identity Provider — Allows to avoid typing a username when authenticating with a contactless card in the DigitalPersona IdP.

  • Support of multiple passkeys per user — Allows users to register multiple device-bound passkeys to their accounts so they can a) have backup devices, and b) allow multiple people to access a shared account using their own unique devices.

Improvements and Changes

  • Windows logoff on card or FIDO device removal — Adds an option to perform Windows logoff on removal of a card or device-bound passkey to the already supported the computer lock option. By default, the logoff option is disabled and it has two choices - the forced logoff and the regular/unforced logoff.

  • Use Angular for Web enrollment components — Updated the product for security fixes by replacing DigitalPersona Web enrollment components with ones developed by using the modern Web application framework - Angular.

  • Simplified deployment of customized features — Starting with the DigitalPersona 4.4.0 release, the previously made custom solutions are available out of the box, without additional hotfixes, by applying the desired configuration settings.

  • Improvements in support of contactless cards — Allows to specify the priority order of card technologies when deploying multi-tech contactless cards. Support for legacy Seos cards is also added.

  • RADIUS suppot in Web enrollment UI — Allows users to enroll RADIUS authentication credentials via the Web enrollment UI.

  • Updated documentation on using DigitalPersona with Entra ID — Added topics related to using the DigitalPersona authentication solution with Microsoft Entra ID in environments where Entra ID is connected to on-prem Active Directory.

  • New driver for DigitalPersona 4500 fingerprint reader — Includes a new legacy driver for DigitalPersona 4500 (aka U.are.U 4500) fingerprint reader into DigitalPersona client installation packages. The new driver v4.1.1.211 contains an important fix for Microsoft Windows 11 24H2 OS.

  • Removal of 3 deprecated features from the release — Removed support for Bluetooth as authentication factor, Nexmo SMS provider for SMS OTP, and the omit reason option in attended enrollment. This streamlines our product offering and focuses resources on more widely used, current and new features.