How a small subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft became a global leader in identity management
HID Global enables workers to get in the front door of offices around the world. Many people see the three letters, either on their cards or access control readers, but odds are they don’t really know the company behind them.
HID originally stood for Hughes Identification Device, as in Howard Hughes, says Holly Sacks, senior vice president of marketing and corporate strategy at HID Global. The company was formed in 1991 as a subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft to develop radio frequency identification technologies.
The original 125-kilohertz technology, commonly referred to as proximity or prox, had been used in aircraft to track parts. The company’s founders thought there would be markets out there interested in using it for other purposes, says Selva Selvaratnam, senior vice president and chief technology officer at HID.
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