HID Crescendo® Mobile turns your phone into a high assurance identity credential that can be used for authentication, signature and encryption.
Issuance of Crescendo Mobile requires an installation of ActivID Credential Management System with a supported certification authority. Organization use ActivID CMS to manage physical and virtual smart cards for employees, contactors and partners
With digital certificates in Crescendo Mobile you can:
- Log on to Windows and automatically lock your workstation when you walk away from your desk with your phone
- Log on to Web Sites that support client certificate authentication
- Digitally sign and encrypt email using a Windows mail client that supports S/MIME
- Digitally sign Microsoft Office or Adobe Acrobat documents to ensure that their contents has not been modified after they are signed

Learn more about the HID High Assurance solution at https://www.hidglobal.com/solutions/identity-management/credential-management