Aware, Inc. announced a new partnership with Intercede. By combining forces, both companies are poised to drive progress in securing peoples' identities, and address today's digital security concerns head on. Aware and Intercede both understand the need for organizations to provide safe and simple access to their sensitive assets.

As a leading global cybersecurity solutions provider, Intercede leverages Aware's biometric solutions including Astra™, AwareXM™ and PreFace™ in its MyID Credential Management System, a software platform enabling federal agencies and large enterprises to issue and manage digital identities, as well as issue smart-card based credentials that enable secure multi-factor authentication. By combining their cybersecurity and biometric expertise, Intercede and Aware will continue to protect enterprises, federal agencies and law enforcement against the rising threat of data breaches and identity theft. This partnership marks the beginning of a five-year agreement between Aware and Intercede, with the option to extend.

The two companies have already enjoyed a collective win, securing a contract with a United States federal agency to protect its most valuable assets from external attacks. MyID is a credential management system (CMS) that enables organizations to deploy digital identities to a wide range of secure devices simply, securely and at scale. The Aware-Intercede partnership is highly complementary and further strengthens the offerings of two best-of-breed companies in the rapidly expanding domain of digital identity.