BIO key for the presentation of identity-based biometric solutions at booth 441 at the Connect: ID conference from October 5th to 6th and participation in several agenda meetings

WALL, NJ, October 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of identity and access management (IAM) and identity-based biometric solutions, announced today that the company will be a sponsor and exhibitor at the 2021 Connect: ID Identity Conference and Exhibitiontaking place October 5-6 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. BIO-key will be available for Q&A sessions and live demonstrations of their industry leaders Identity based biometric software and hardware solutions at booth 441. In addition, Michael DePasquale, Chairman and CEO of BIO-key, and Jim Sullivan, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Compliance and CLO, will be introduced as experts in several agenda meetings.

The Connect: ID conference brings together industry leaders and pioneers to discuss current government policies and provide insights into the future of identity. The event is a world-class identity conference and exhibition that shows practical implementations of trusted identity solutions and highlights how disruptive technology and policy making is driving much-needed change. The theme of this year’s event is Identity: Reimagined.

Attendees are invited to stop by booth 441 to learn more about BIO-key’s unique suite of IAM solutions, including biometric civil ID, multi-factor authentication (MFA) and single sign-on (SSO) for employee, Customer and supplier identities. who have their exclusive identity-based biometrics (IBB). IBB fills significant user experience gaps in mainstream MFA solutions by positively and conveniently identifying users, not just their device, in password, phone, and tokenless use cases, including remote workers and in situations such as retail, im Healthcare, manufacturing, and call centers where users move between shared workstations or get distracted by phones or looking for a hardware token to log in. BIO-key will demonstrate IBB through various supported modes, including their new ones MobileAuth^TM with PalmPositive^TM mobile application that uses a palm scan from a phone camera to positively authenticate users.

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BIO-key will also show a full range of hardware devices including:

• Fingerprint scanner: BIO-key offers a variety of Fingerprint scanner including a range of Microsoft qualified Windows Hello USB scanners that can be used immediately with Windows Hello and Windows Hello for Business or in conjunction with BIO-key’s identity-based biometric data:

  • The FBI certified Mobile ID FAP 50 and Live Scan (10-Print) Pocket10 â„¢ for verification capture in 4-4-2 format.

  • PIV-Pro FIPS-201 Compatible Scanner

  • The newly published EcoID â„¢ II

  • SidePass Compact USB A or C scanner

  • SideSwipe Compact USB-A scanner

• FIDO security key: BIO key FIDO key are an affordable range of FIDO2 security keys that offer USB-A, USB-C, NFC and iOS Lightning compatibility along with FIPS 140-2 certified options with biometric verification on the device.

• All-in-one POS terminal: BIO key MobilePOS Pro is a portable, intelligent all-in-one POS device with a built-in FBI-certified fingerprint module for biometric identification and verification. BIO-key MobilePOS Pro was developed for the payment industry and can fulfill various transaction purposes, but is also suitable for various user scenarios such as microfinance, SIM registration, inventory management and more.

The members of the executive team of BIO-key will act as speakers the conference agenda as experts in the fields of identity and biometrics.

The conference is sponsored by one of the leading biometric advocacy organizations, the International Association of the Biometric and Identification Industry (IBIA). Michael DePasquale, Chairman and CEO of BIO-key, is vice chairman and member of the organization’s board of directors and will attend the keynote IBIA plenary session on October 6th at 1:20 pm on Biometrics and Identity Management – An IBIA Perspective “He explains how companies can incorporate biometric solutions into their identity management strategy.

Jim Sullivan, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Compliance and Chief Legal Officer at BIO-key, will be attending several meetings, including on October 5th at 11:20 am in the seminar theater on “You know biometrics” arrived when … ” to discuss the indicators that biometrics has become a mainstream authentication option and host a panel discussion at 2:00 pm on “Fiction, FUD & Friction – Was Server Biometrics Demonized a Calculated Attack?”. At 11:05 am on October 6th, Jim will join a panel of experts to discuss “Cutting Edge IAM”.

“We welcome this opportunity to participate in Connect: ID,” said Michael DePasquale. “We are excited to attend and sponsor this event at such a critical time that we need to rethink identity and come together to discuss and understand how we can use technology to validate human identity in our physical and digital world. “

For more information on the Connect: ID 2021 conference, please Visit the conference website. To learn more about BIO-key’s IAM and identity-based biometric solutions, please Visit the BIO-key website.

About BIO-key International, Inc. (www.BIO-key.com)
BIO-key has more than two decades of experience providing authentication technology to thousands of organizations and millions of users and is revolutionizing authentication with multifactor biometric identity and access management (IAM) solutions, including its PortalGuard IAM solution, the convenient and secure access to devices, information, applications and high-quality transactions. The patented software and hardware solutions from BIO-key with industry-leading biometric functions enable large-scale on-premises and Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) solutions as well as customized corporate and cloud solutions.

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