Fargo, ND and Junction City, KS Choose BIO-key PortalGuard For Secure Access via Biometric Authentication

Expect lower costs and superior user experience with biometrics

HOLMDEL, N.J., Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of passwordless, phoneless, and token-less Identity and Access Management (IAM) Multifactor Authentication (MFA) solutions, announced that Fargo, North Dakota and Junction City, Kansas are the latest municipalities to select BIO-key PortalGuard and its phoneless and tokenless Identity Bound Biometric (IBB) authentication options to add phish-resistance, enhance information security and streamline workflows while saving taxpayers money. A growing number of U.S. and global government entities have adopted BIO-key’s biometric authentication solutions to benefit from its unique combination of the highest-level of security, a superior end-user experience, greater flexibility, workflow efficiency, and competitive total cost of ownership. These new deployments reflect the cities’ commitment to safeguard the integrity and confidentiality of municipal data with state-of-the-art security solutions, while also fostering efficiency with a streamlined user-friendly experience.

BIO-key’s NIST- and independent lab-tested biometric security technology measures and compares unique biometric characteristics of users to verify and authenticate them, eliminating the need to carry phones or per-user tokens in order to access systems and get things done. Implementing biometric authentication in Fargo and Junction City ensures a more robust and reliable defense against unauthorized access to the cities’ systems. By relying on unique biological traits for authentication instead of passwords and other knowledge factors, municipalities can thwart common phishing threats and enhance the overall resilience and availability of their information systems.

Beyond a superior user experience and better resiliency to phishing and social engineering attacks, customers save money by choosing BIO-key PortalGuard’s biometric factors. BIO-key enables users to be their own authentication credential for sign in and account recovery, instead of requiring their employers to provision security tokens to each and every user or to require (and potentially, to reimburse) for personal phone use. The result is decreased reliance on costly physical identification factors such as hardware tokens, access cards, or users’ phones. Municipalities can re-allocate these long-term savings to optimize their budgets for the benefit of their community.