BIO-key PortalGuard IDaaS Wins 2021 “Access Management Solution of the Year”
Annual Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards Program Recognizes Top Performers in the GlobalInformation Security MarketWALL, N.J., Sept. 30, 2021 – BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an
innovative provider of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and IdentityBound Biometric (IBB) solutions, today announced its PortalGuard® Identityas-a-Service (IDaaS) platform has been selected as the winner of the“Access Management Solution of the Year” award in the fifth annual, 2021
CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program conducted by CyberSecurity
Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization thatrecognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global
information security market today.
Rigid security controls and passwords make it difficult for today’s digitally transformed
enterprise to prevent cyberattacks while making sure that employees, customers, and suppliers
can get the resources they need. BIO-key PortalGuard IDaaS is a single, unified IAM platformthat customers select for its powerful identity security with unmatched flexibility.
PortalGuard IDaaS offers an unmatched variety of choices for multi-factor authentication (MFA),single sign-on (SSO), and self-service password reset (SSPR), and is the only IAM platform on themarket offering Identity-Bound Biometrics as an authentication method, that provides thehighest level of integrity and is well-suited for everyday use cases including remote workforces,
third-party access, Customer IAM (CIAM), and passwordless workflows. For over 20 years,
PortalGuard has been trusted by customers across multiple industries, including education,
healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and government to reduce password-related help desk calls
by up to 95%, eliminate passwords, secure remote access, prevent phishing attacks, andimprove productivity for the IT team.
With flexibility the focus of the platform, PortalGuard supports over 16 authentication methods,
major federation and SSO standards as well as contextual authentication, empowering the IT
Administrator to decide which authentication methods work best to support their security
policies and access scenarios, and making it easy to protect on-premises, legacy, thick client, andweb applications from a single comprehensive Identity Provider (IdP). PortalGuard also provides
the flexibility to allow organizations to store identities where they want and have the flexibility
to deploy on-premises or in the cloud.
“To navigate this complex cybersecurity landscape, customers need a solution that can adapt totheir needs as attacks continue to evolve, user expectations are raised, and IT resources remain
limited,” said Michael DePasquale, Chairman and CEO of BIO-key. “We are so pleased to berecognized by CyberSecurity Breakthrough – especially at a time when flexibility and “futureproof” solutions, that include biometrics, are essential to protecting the enterprise.”

The mission of the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize theinnovation, hard work, and success in a range of information security categories, including Cloud
Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Email Security,and many more. This year’s program attracted more than 4,000 nominations from over 20
different countries throughout the world.
“Access management is all about flexibility and balancing both security and convenience. A
complete solution needs to not only secure access but also ensure that it provides a streamlined
and usable access experience,” said James Johnson, Managing Director, CyberSecurity
Breakthrough. “To achieve the level of flexibility that’s required in today’s digital world, asolution needs to have enough options for all users and PortalGuard is a ‘breakthrough’ identity
security platform that delivers on this need, working for all scenarios users may find themselves
in. We extend our sincere congratulations to BIO-key for winning our 'Access Management
Solution of the Year' award.”To learn more about BIO-key PortalGuard IDaaS please visit BIO-key's website.

####About BIO-key International, Inc. (www.BIO-key.com)
BIO-key has over two decades of expertise in providing authentication technology for thousandsof organizations and millions of users and is revolutionizing authentication with biometriccentric, multifactor identity and access management (IAM) solutions, including its PortalGuard
IAM solution, that provides convenient and secure access to devices, information, applications,and high-value transactions. BIO-key's patented software and hardware solutions, with industryleading biometric capabilities, enable large-scale on-premises and Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS)
solutions as well as customized enterprise and cloud solutions.
About CyberSecurity BreakthroughPart of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global
technology innovation and leadership, the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program isdevoted to honoring excellence in information security and cybersecurity technology
companies, products and people. The CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards provide a platform
for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough information security
companies and products in categories including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, RiskManagement, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Web and Email Security, UTM, Firewall andmore. For more information visit CyberSecurityBreakthrough.com.
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