Tuesday, September 19, 2017

HID Global Gobbles Up Mercury Security

Austin-based security and physical access control systems developer HID Global said early this morning that it has acquired Mercury Security, an OEM supplier of controllers for physical access control. Financial details of the acquisition deal were not announced. HID Global said that Mercury Security has over 3 million controllers installed worldwide, with most at Fortune 100 companies. HID said the buy will help complement its existing line of readers, smart cards and mobile IDs for opening doors.