BKYI - Williamsburg VA Advances Zero Trust Initiative for City Infrastructure and Data with BIO-key Identity-Bound Biometrics | Benzinga
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. and HOLMDEL, N.J., July 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key® International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BKYI), an innovative provider of workforce and customer Identity and Access Management (IAM) software featuring passwordless, phoneless and token-less Identity-Bound Biometrics (IBB) authentication solutions, announces that the City of Williamsburg, VA has selected BIO-key's PortalGuard IDaaS platform to enhance its security posture under a comprehensive Zero Trust initiative.
City governments like Williamsburg face numerous challenges related to authentication security, given their responsibility for protecting sensitive information and providing critical services to their constituents. Williamsburg's senior IT leadership sought robust authentication mechanisms such as advanced multi-factor authentication (MFA) and biometrics to mitigate these threats. Williamsburg selected BIO-key's solution over competitive offerings, enabling it to consolidate security vendors and implement a unified platform for secure access to systems and data across the municipality. PortalGuard IDaaS and its IBB capabilities will streamline access workflows for city users and deliver cost savings by securing desktop access with passwordless authentication.
The power of BIO-key's identity bound biometrics (IBB) is in establishing trust and accountability rooted in a person's biometric identity. Biometrics provides assurance of a genuine presence as well as an audit trail with full transparency. IBB also eliminates a common authentication point of failure by removing physical devices (such as tokens or keys) as potential vulnerabilities, while PortalGuard provides the user with flexible authentication options to ensure security as well as usability.
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