BIO-key International, an innovative provider of biometric software and hardware solutions for strong and convenient user authentication, announced it was selected by a global firearms manufacturer and Department of Defense (DoD) contractor to deliver a secure, convenient and compliant biometric authentication solution for access to workstations and kiosk’s within their manufacturing facilities.
BIO-key International, an innovative provider of biometric software and hardware solutions for strong and convenient user authentication, announced it was selected by a global firearms manufacturer and Department of Defense (DoD) contractor to deliver a secure, convenient and compliant biometric authentication solution for access to workstations and kiosk’s within their manufacturing facilities.
Organizations operating in highly regulated industries are required to meet NIST SP800-171 multifactor compliance guidelines for accessing unclassified government documents and applications online. The compliance guidelines impact all government contractors and subcontractors with an implementation deadline of December 31, 2017. BIO-key’s biometric authentication solutions meet these requirements.
BIO-key’s ID Director for Windows and PIV-PRO, a FIPS 140-2 certified fingerprint reader, enable this customer to deploy multi-factor biometric authentication to increase online security while delivering the ease and convenience of one-touch authentication. “Government and other highly regulated industries are finding fingerprint biometric authentication to be the least invasive and most cost effective way to address the NIST SP800-171 multi-factor requirement,” stated Barbara Rivera, COO, BIO-key.
“Government and C-level IT executives are recognizing that smart cards are costly and hard to manage, tokens and PINs are disruptive and negatively impact workflow, and passwords have proven cumbersome and ineffective. Fingerprint authentication emerges as the fastest, most secure and most convenient option when organizations and individuals measure the performance and utilization preferences of various authentication methods.”
Product Adopted:Biometrics