BIO-key International, Inc. announced upgrades to BIO-key MobileAuth(TM), the only multi-factor authentication (MFA) mobile app that integrates the power of IBB across multiple authentication modalities, allowing customers to build a more complete MFA strategy. These methods include palm scanning (PalmPositive(TM)) and facial recognition (FacePositive(TM)). In addition to the newest IBB-powered modalities, MobileAuth supports device-based biometric authentication methods including Apple Face ID, Touch ID, and Android Biometrics, as well as support for push token authentication.

These enhancements make biometrics even easier for customers to deploy across a wider set of use cases and further consolidate their authentication and security solutions. BIO-key MobileAuth(TM) is the only MFA mobile app that can safeguard access to critical data with authentication that verifies the user and offers multiple, easy-to-use authentication methods for users to choose from while reducing operational costs for IT departments. By integrating IBB into the mobile app's authentication methods, security risks, inconvenience, high costs and user friction of traditional authentication methods are eliminated.

While traditional multi-factor authentication (MFA) approaches do provide an extra layer of security, recent cybersecurity attacks and user adoption challenges have proven that these methods are not enough. MobileAuth's enhanced Identity-Bound Biometric capabilities uniquely offer the higher levels of: Risk Pvevention: access to critical data and applications is safeguarded by authticating the person taking thehe action -- not just the device. Stronger encryption and session management provide increased security levels in tandem with IBB credentials that cannot be forgotten, shared, exchanged, stolen, or forged.

Flexibility: employees, customers, and suppliers can choose from multiple, easy-to-use authentication methods -- including IBB authentication methods using facial recognition and palm scanning, local biometrics, and push tokens -- to provide a convenient and consistent user experience. Cost Efficiency: with a lower total cost of ownership compared to traditional authentication methods, MobileAuth is ideal for large-scale deployments. No additional hardware is necessary, as MobileAuth can be used on any camera-equipped mobile device.

IT department overhead is drastically reduced by eliminating costs and resources required to support traditional authentication methods.