Colleges in Three States Select BIO-key’s PortalGuard and the Campus.app Digital Portal Solution to Secure and Streamline Student Access to Critical Campus Resources

WALL, N.J., Aug. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of identity and access management (IAM) solutions powered by biometrics, today announced that Reading Area Community College, Reading, PA; University of Mount Olive, Mount Olive, NC; and East Georgia State College, Swainsboro, GA have chosen to integrate BIO-key’s PortalGuard identity and access management solution along with the Campus.app digital education portal to provide their students with secure and user-friendly single-sign-on (SSO), password enablement and reset capabilities paired with an enhanced digital campus portal solution. BIO-key and Campus have partnered to deliver flexible security and user-access solutions to higher education institutions, whether they employ on-campus, remote or hybrid learning models. The combined solution is particularly attractive to institutions seeking to provide secure student access despite the unique location challenges posed by the pandemic.

Reading Area Community College’s objective was to identify a self-service password enrollment and secure reset process for students. Additionally, the school wanted to deploy a SSO solution for students to access the modern, front-end portal solution delivered by Campus.app. East Georgia State College also sought an SSO solution to secure access to key institutional software and content, organized in the Campus.app portal.  The University of Mount Olive chose the combined solution for its enhanced security, communication capabilities and its parity of access across all devices.  The combined PortalGuard / Campus.app solution is designed to be easily administered by an IT team, while providing users with friction-free access and the ability to manage frequently visited educational apps and content.

“One of our biggest concerns was migrating from the existing portal with integrated single sign-on to two separate solutions in a six-week period.  The team at PortalGuard was able to address all of our concerns prior to launch.  Portal Guard worked with our team and new portal provider to ensure a successful launch.  Users are extremely pleased with the new look portal and our password reset call volume has gone down,” said Anderson Forrest, BS MCP MCSA CCNP, Director of Information Technology – CIO, Reading Area Community College.