INTERDIGITAL, INC.
WALL, NJ--(Marketwired - Mar 2, 2015) - BIO-key International, Inc. (
BIO-key will also be demonstrating InterDigital's (
"Consumers want to use their mobile devices to authorize transactions and payments, as well as access high stake online information," stated Mike DePasquale, Chairman and CEO, BIO-key. "The device manufacturers continue to produce dynamic products with features targeting mass consumer appeal, and application developers continue to produce an endless stream of high value online e-commerce offerings and information services. To date, we have not seen a complete ecosystem and solution for strong mobile biometric security that operates on the device and up to cloud, creating a seamless identity for both online and in-person identity assurance. BIO-key has formed strategic partnerships with InterDigital, IDEX, NEXT Biometrics and the major security infrastructure providers including IBM, CA and Oracle in an effort to address this challenge and to create a global ecosystem for mobile authentication," added DePasquale. "In conjunction with InterDigital our MFAS offering is a perfect example of a solution that can be used by any service provider to authenticate consumers or enterprise users including traditional and innovative means such as biometrics."
"Consumers are constantly being asked to authenticate to the many and varied services they access on their mobile devices. At the same time, it has become difficult for SPs to provide easy and frictionless access to these services, which have varying degrees of security requirements. SPs wish to adopt stronger, more secure authentication using newer types of authentication capabilities such as biometrics and token based authentication. However, the onslaught of the variety and forms of authentication factors becoming available leads to complex requirements on the user device and at the SP," said Jim Nolan, Executive Vice President, InterDigital Solutions. "InterDigital's MFAS architecture aims to provide consumers with a seamless and secure authentication experience, and provides SPs with an easy to access and dynamic granular authentication capability that may be matched to the risk associated with the service being provided."
About BIO-key®
BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops and delivers advanced identification solutions to commercial and government enterprises, integrators, and custom application developers. BIO-key's award winning, high performance, scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification technology accurately identifies and authenticates users of wireless and enterprise applications. Our solutions are used in local embedded OEM products as well as some of the world's largest identification deployments to improve security, guarantee identity, and help reduce identity theft. BIO-key's technology is offered directly or by market leading partners around the world. (http://www.bio-key.com)
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops technologies that are at the core of mobile devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index. (http://www.InterDigital.com)
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