Northamber strengthens strong-authentication portfolio with NEOWAVE partnership

London, UK, Tuesday 16th December 2025

Northamber, a leading UK value-add distributor of IT, AV and security solutions, today announced a new partnership with NEOWAVE, a French specialist in strong authentication and secure transactions. The agreement brings NEOWAVE’s hardware-based authentication devices – including QSCD smart cards and USB tokens, FIDO2 security keys with OTP and QSCD, and contact / contactless smart card readers – to Northamber’s extensive reseller network across the UK and Ireland.

NEOWAVE’s solutions combine the high level of security offered by smart cards with modern connectivity technologies such as USB and contactless RFID / NFC, targeting cybersecurity, digital trust and identity-management use cases for organisations of all sizes.

By manufacturing in France and using Common Criteria-certified secure components, NEOWAVE aligns closely with European and UK requirements around digital-identity protection and regulatory frameworks including NIS, GDPR and eIDAS.

Grant Reddin, Director of Cyber & Solutions at Northamber, commented: “Strong authentication is the foundation of every modern cyber strategy. Partnering with NEOWAVE gives our resellers access to a European vendor that builds secure smart-card and FIDO-based devices from the ground up – designed and manufactured in France, certified by European agencies, and ready to support UK and EU compliance needs. Together, we’re helping partners move customers beyond passwords to simple, secure and scalable hardware-based authentication.”

The partnership allows Northamber partners to offer:

• QSCD products – smart cards and USB tokens with middleware for certificate-based authentication, Windows logon, VPN access, digital signature, encryption and SSO.
• FIDO2 products – smart cards and USB tokens compatible with FIDO U2F, FIDO2 with OTP and QSCD standards for passwordless and multi-factor authentication across major cloud and web applications.
• Contact and contactless smart card readers – USB and NFC readers enabling secure access and identity use cases across desktop, mobile and specialty environments.

This collaboration furthers Northamber’s strategy to expand its cybersecurity offering with strong, standards-based authentication technologies that fit naturally alongside its existing MFA, identity and networking portfolio

About Northamber
Northamber is one of the UK’s longest-established, purpose-built trade-only distributors, offering a broad range of IT, AV, UC&C and cyber-security solutions. Through its network of reseller partners, Northamber delivers value-add services, technical expertise and channel-focused support to help organisations deploy secure, modern and scalable technology platforms.

About NEOWAVE
NEOWAVE is a French company specialising in strong authentication and secure transactions. Its portfolio includes QSCD solutions, FIDO-compatible devices and smart card readers that combine certified secure components with USB, RFID / NFC and BLE technologies. NEOWAVE’s products are designed and manufactured in France and certified by European agencies, serving cybersecurity, digital-trust and identity-management markets across public and private sectors.

Explore NEOWAVE products and solutions here: www.northamber.com/neowave