EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Hirsch Awarded Additional $3 Million Order for Multi-Year IRS Security Project

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Santa Ana, CA, February 10, 2011 (euro adhoc) - Hirsch, a leading
security systems manufacturer and a business unit of Identive Group,
Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; FRANKFURT: INV), today confirmed the award of a
$3 million order from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which
encompasses a base year plus four option-years. The order covers
application software support and maintenance services for the IRS
Enterprise Physical Access Control System (ePACS) being supplied by
Hirsch, currently being deployed at all IRS facilities. The award
follows an initial order announced in December 2010 and is associated
with a multi-year project to install Hirsch security systems at
several hundred IRS buildings nationwide. Notice of the award was
first made public by the General Services Administration pursuant to
Federal disclosure regulations.

"The scope and duration of this nationwide program reflects the
long-term commitment between HIRSCH and the IRS," stated Lars
Suneborn, director of Hirsch's Government Program Group. "Our
support and maintenance service contract ensures consistency in
software support, documentation and system lifecycle activities for
many years."

For the IRS ePACs project, Hirsch will provide card access readers,
access control panels, intrusion detection devices, video
surveillance equipment and professional services. The system features
include encryption of data at rest, in transit and in use; remote web
access system administration; and a fully redundant immediate
fail-over server environment.

About Hirsch Electronics Hirsch, a business unit of Identive Group,
Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), manufactures integrated security
and identity systems for worldwide markets. Hirsch's award-winning
solutions bring together access control, video surveillance,
intrusion detection, digital certificates, smart cards and biometrics
in order to successfully secure facilities, digital assets and
electronic transactions. For its government and commercial customers,
Hirsch brings significant expertise in the requirements of HSPD-12,
FIPS 201, PIV, CAC, TWIC, ICAM and FISMA. Identive Group, Inc. is a
leading provider of products, services and solutions for the
security, identification and RFID industries. For more information,
please visit www.HirschElectronics.com and www.identive-group.com.

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E-Mail: investorrelations@identive-group.com

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