Access Smart® Now Offers SCM Microsystems Smart Card Readers

Secure Smart Card Readers to Protect Computer Networks

Ladera Ranch, CA – June 01, 2009 – Access Smart announced today that it will be offering a full range of smart card readers from SCM Microsystems (NASDAQ:SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY) in its Power LogOn® password management system. Power LogOn makes secure password management possible for virtually any smart card – providing users with the convenience of never having to remember or type another password and freeing IT departments from the cost and hassle of continually resetting passwords.
                                                                    
Businesses, healthcare providers, schools and agencies have a daunting challenge – to secure networks and computer accounts at the point-of-entry with a secure, cost effective and easy-to-use solution. Many of the available PKI applications are too expensive and time consuming to implement. Power LogOn is an affordable, password management solution that securely safeguards computer, network, Internet and data access from unauthorized users while reducing IT support cost by 30% to 40%.  Power LogOn is superior to any comparable data access technology in the following ways:

• Secure Authentication – providing highly secure, double two-factor authentication;
• Ease of Use and Deployment – minimal training, ready to use within days; and
• Low Cost of Ownership – no annual fees, no backend server modifications, able to recycle licenses.

SCM Microsystems is a leader in the smart card reader industry, with more than a decade of experience and millions of readers installed providing secure access to digital content and services for banking, government and enterprise customers. SCM’s readers are able to work with the majority of smart cards in the world, regardless of manufacturer or application. With its wide range of both contact and contactless readers, SCM can match the technology to customer’s needs and not vice versa.

“The offering of SCM devices was a direct response to our customers’ need for high quality readers,” said Dovell Bonnett, founder and CEO of Access Smart. “By combining our two products, we can provide IT departments with a low cost of ownership solution and offer users the convenience of managing multiple passwords.”

Power LogOn is one of the most versatile password management solutions we have seen for the government, education, and business markets,” said Joe Pilozzi, Director of Business Development of SCM Microsystems. “We are looking forward to a long relationship where both our companies offer our mutual customers the technology and services they require to protect their networks.”

Power LogOn works on a number of different smart card chips to relieve the concern of proprietary solutions offered by other companies. Plus, Power LogOn can be combined with new or existing physical access cards for the seamless convergence of physical and logical access. Access to the electronic data is protected by double, two-factor authentication (card & PIN authentication of the user, and card & encryption key authentication of the network). “Because the data itself is secured by multiple layers of strong encryption,” said Mr. Bonnett, “then even if someone steals the card or intercepts network data they cannot read the data.”

Easy to Evaluate
Access Smart offers Power LogOn Administrator Starter Kit for only $249. The kit contains software, cards, readers, manuals and limited free technical support; everything to fully test Power LogOn.

About Access Smart, LLC:
Headquartered in Ladera Ranch, California, Access Smart, LLC reduces the cost and burden of internet security on employees, IT administrators and business owners. Dedicated to empowering businesses and consumers to securely regain control over their digital information, Access Smart offers unique, high-quality, integrated hardware and software packages that securely manage important data over wired and wireless networks, computers, Point-of-Sale devices, kiosks, and any other device that can accept and communicate via smartcard technology.
For more information about Access Smart, please visit www.Access-Smart.com or call 949.218.8754.

About SCM Microsystems
SCM Microsystems is a leading supplier of solutions that open the Digital World by enabling people to conveniently access digital content and services at work, at home and in the marketplace. SCM delivers the industry’s broadest range of smart card reader technology for secure authentication of individuals by computers, networks and facilities. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Hirsch Electronics Corporation, SCM is a leader in IP-based physical access solutions that integrate databases, devices, alarm systems and surveillance systems. The company’s customers include OEMs, governments and enterprises worldwide. U.S. headquarters are in Fremont, California; global headquarters are in Ismaning, Germany. For additional information, visit the SCM Microsystems web site at www.scmmicro.com.

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