Electronic authentication

EyeLock Announces Global Partnership with Integral Technology Solutions

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Thursday, July 2, 2020

NEW YORK, July 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- EyeLock LLC , the leader of iris-based identity authentication solutions, announced today that is has secured a global partnership with Integral Technology Solutions out of Freehold, New Jersey.

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  • NEW YORK, July 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- EyeLock LLC , the leader of iris-based identity authentication solutions, announced today that is has secured a global partnership with Integral Technology Solutions out of Freehold, New Jersey.
  • "Our partnership with Integral Technology Solutions, along with their innovative iris authentication integration platform, represents a revolutionary product centered around EyeLock's myris handheld device for iris authentication.
  • With EyeLock's extensive global distributor relationships, this partnership will create an even higher demand for our portable iris technology around the world," said Jeff Carter, Chief Executive Officer, EyeLock LLC.
  • Headquartered in Freehold, New Jersey, Integral Technology Solutions, Inc. is a global provider of innovative integrated iris and fingerprint biometric solutions for world class medical device, pharmaceutical, and other manufacturers.

Biometric ID Solutions Provider BIO-key Closes Purchase of Identity and Access Management Provider PistolStar and Completes Convertible Note Placement

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

PortalGuard delivers a flexible but uniform cloud or workstation multi factor authentication logon experience to secure enterprise user authentication and cloud application access.

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  • PortalGuard delivers a flexible but uniform cloud or workstation multi factor authentication logon experience to secure enterprise user authentication and cloud application access.
  • PortalGuard supports nearly every cloud authentication federation standard, all major directories, and a wide variety of authenticators, including BIO-keys world-class biometric solutions.
  • The principal amount of the Note is due and payable in nine equal monthly installments of $201,250 beginning four months after closing.
  • BIO-key is revolutionizing authentication with biometric solutions that enable convenient and secure access to devices, information, applications and high-value transactions.

BIO-key Extends Deployment of Biometric Authentication Solution to a West Coast State; Securing Access to Centralized Voter Registration Database

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

BIO-keys solution combines its core biometric software engine, WEB-key along with its PIV-Pro FIPS compliant fingerprint scanners to address the states requirements for a multi-factor authentication solution.

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  • BIO-keys solution combines its core biometric software engine, WEB-key along with its PIV-Pro FIPS compliant fingerprint scanners to address the states requirements for a multi-factor authentication solution.
  • State and County election office workers and volunteers access the centralized voter registration system via a Citrix environment.
  • To protect access to voter data and to enhance security for upcoming elections, the state decided to implement a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) solution.
  • BIO-key is revolutionizing authentication with biometric solutions that enable convenient and secure access to devices, information, applications and high-value transactions.

Inovalon Launches Cloud-Based Consumer Health Gateway Module Empowering Accelerated Patient Data Access and Healthcare Organization Compliance With The Interoperability Rule

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Thursday, May 21, 2020

A key aspect of the Act pertains to supporting consumers access to their own patient-level data and the requirement of all health plans to support API access to the data in real time.

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  • A key aspect of the Act pertains to supporting consumers access to their own patient-level data and the requirement of all health plans to support API access to the data in real time.
  • Inovalons Consumer Health Gateway is a consumer portal allowing the FHIR-based exchange of an individual patients claims and clinical data securely and seamlessly with authorized third-party applications.
  • Powered by a robust patient consent and authentication platform, Inovalons Consumer Health Gateway provides an industry-leading capability to authenticate any third-party app the consumer is using to access their healthcare data, as well as authentication of the consumer themselves to prevent fraud.
  • Inovalons Healthcare Data Lake plays an integral role in helping health plans align and comply with the Patient Access API requirement and the broader Interoperability Rule.

Security Newcomer Identité Introduces NoPass to Make Authentication Simple, Secure and Passwordless

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Thursday, May 14, 2020

NoPass is the first highly secure alternative to password-based authentication designed with the end user in mind.

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  • NoPass is the first highly secure alternative to password-based authentication designed with the end user in mind.
  • "Not only are passwords an overwhelming source of security breaches, but they're a source of frustration for online users.
  • We developed NoPass to solve these problems and make authentication truly simple and secure."
  • Identit was founded to establish a new industry standard for simple, secure online user authentication.

U.S. Biometrics 2020: Driven by Standardized Authentication, Adopted by Consumers - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

The "Biometrics: Driven by Standardized Authentication, Adopted by Consumers" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Biometrics: Driven by Standardized Authentication, Adopted by Consumers" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • In recent years, user authentication based on biometrics (biometric authentication) has become a new method for consumers to open their smartphones and select mobile apps.
  • U.S. Biometrics 2020: Driven by Standardized Authentication, Adopted by Consumers provides consumer sentiment, adoption rates, and forecasts on biometric authentication methods, both to unlock smartphones and for payment authentication.
  • Additionally the report examines the FIDO Alliance, discussing how it has standardized authentication and the implications for biometrics and payments.

Forecast predicts FIDO will speed adoption of biometric authentication, securing frictionless payments

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Mercator Advisory Group's latest research report, Biometrics: Driven by Standardized Authentication, Adopted by Consumers , provides consumer sentiment, adoption rates, and forecasts on biometric authentication methods, both to unlock smartphones and for payment authentication.

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  • Mercator Advisory Group's latest research report, Biometrics: Driven by Standardized Authentication, Adopted by Consumers , provides consumer sentiment, adoption rates, and forecasts on biometric authentication methods, both to unlock smartphones and for payment authentication.
  • Additionally the report examines the FIDO Alliance, discussing how it has standardized authentication and the implications for biometrics and payments.
  • Discussion of FIDO Alliance standardizing authentication, the effects on biometrics, and implications for payments and payments players and authentication in general.
  • Mercator Advisory Group is also the publisher of the online payments and banking news and information portal PaymentsJournal.com.

ASC X9 Releases Standards for Secure Online Authentication, Addressing Transaction Issues Experienced during the Coronavirus Shutdown

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

The Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. ( X9 ) today announced that it has published two standards in the area of secure online authentication.

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  • The Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. ( X9 ) today announced that it has published two standards in the area of secure online authentication.
  • These standards address improved security for the increasing number of online transactions, such as those being made during coronavirus stay-at-home orders.
  • X9.117-2020, "Mutual Authentication for Secure Remote Access," is a risk-based standard addressing authentication factors within any environment.
  • X9.122-2020, "Secure Consumer Authentication for Internet Payments," is a new standard that addresses internet-based authentication using established techniques with existing standards and provides requirements for new techniques.

Infinity Optics Lauded by Frost & Sullivan for Enriching Biometric Authentication Processes with its Novel QuantumCrypt Platform

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

"The QuantumCrypt platform allows iris, fingerprint, and 2D/3D facial images to generate biometric codes, also known as True Biometric Hash technology.

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  • "The QuantumCrypt platform allows iris, fingerprint, and 2D/3D facial images to generate biometric codes, also known as True Biometric Hash technology.
  • QuantumCrypt is ideal for use within cloud-based biometric solutions and authentication processes.
  • Infinity has already made significant progress in its iris biometric solution by developing depth-of-field (DOF) iris authentication technology.
  • "Infinity has taken the biometrics industry forward by transforming the way biometric authentication has traditionally been achieved," noted Bhattacharya.

Infinity Optics Lauded by Frost & Sullivan for Enriching Biometric Authentication Processes with its Novel QuantumCrypt Platform

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

"The QuantumCrypt platform allows iris, fingerprint, and 2D/3D facial images to generate biometric codes, also known as True Biometric Hash technology.

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  • "The QuantumCrypt platform allows iris, fingerprint, and 2D/3D facial images to generate biometric codes, also known as True Biometric Hash technology.
  • QuantumCrypt is ideal for use within cloud-based biometric solutions and authentication processes.
  • Infinity has already made significant progress in its iris biometric solution by developing depth-of-field (DOF) iris authentication technology.
  • "Infinity has taken the biometrics industry forward by transforming the way biometric authentication has traditionally been achieved," noted Bhattacharya.