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Advanced Authentication

HID Global’s advanced authentication product suite provides versatile, flexible, and highly scalable solutions for securing access ...

Credential Management

HID Global’s credential management solutions give organizations the power to efficiently manage a variety of credentials ...

Crescendo®

Crescendo devices and credentials provide organizations with high assurance digital credentials to provide strong identities ...

DigitalPersona®

DigitalPersona is an industry-leading, multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution that provides passwordless desktop authentication ...

Identity Access Management

HID Global’s access management solutions provide a centralized platform to manage all aspects of physical identity and access ...

HID Validation Suite

HID Global’s validation solutions provide real-time validation services across multiple regional networks ...

Customer Central

Customer Central is a unified hub allowing to manage your HID services and products in a single portal ...

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Date posted: 17 October 2025

HID DigitalPersona 4.4

Documentation is now available for HID DigitalPersona 4.4 with support for card identification in the DigitalPersona IdP, multiple passkeys per user, and several enhancements including Windows logoff on card or FIDO device removal.

Date posted: 13 October 2025

HID Validation Authority 7.5

Documentation is now available for HID Validation Authority that provides support for 3072-bit asymmetric keys, email logging configuration, renewal of asymmetric SSL and audit log keys, and Microsoft Windows Server 2022 CA.

Date posted: 08 October 2025

HID Customer Central

Documentation is now available for Customer Central, HID's unified hub allowing to manage your services and products in a single portal.

Date posted: 08 October 2025

HID Authentication Service

Documentation for the Admin Portal has been updated with support for Credential Profile management and HID Approve Backward Compatibility.

Date posted: 08 October 2025

HID ActivClient 9.5

Documentation is now available for ActivClient 9.5, introducing a modernized user interface, support for Crescendo 4000 Cards and V3 Keys, and enhanced RSA 4096 and ECC cryptography support.

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