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BIO-key Unveils PortalGuard® Feature Enhancements Including Support for MacOS Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Enterprise
PortalGuard adds core capabilities, innovating secure access across diverse and difficult use cases WALL, N.J., May 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key
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[{"type":"text","content":"PortalGuard adds core capabilities, innovating secure access across diverse and difficult use cases\nWALL, N.J., May 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Identity-Bound Biometric (IBB) solutions, today announced a significant product feature update to its PortalGuard® Desktop, which secures initial desktop authentication as part of BIO-key’s PortalGuard® suite of IAM products. The new release now supports MacOS sign-in to enterprise Active Directory and other LDAP environments. Prior versions of PortalGuard Desktop supported Windows sign-on only. Now, organizations of all sizes and industries can secure server and desktop logins for MacOS users, bringing many executive and creative workforce users into MFA compliance. “Many products from competitors cannot enforce MFA when unlocking their Mac users’ devices. This becomes a major security and productivity issue if company policy requires users to fully log out of their MacOS whenever they leave their workstation,” said Gregg Browinski, VP of Engineering, BIO-key – PortalGuard. “With more and more companies seeing significant segments of their user population using Macs as their primary workstation, it’s critical that the proper security protocols are implemented across all devices and operating systems. I believe this latest enhancement to PortalGuard Desktop will allow businesses to tackle some key use cases previously too difficult to manage.” This recent update to offer MacOS functionality builds on PortalGuard Desktop’s original core capabilities: Desktop Self-service and Enrollment capabilities to reduce downtime and helpdesk calls by allowing users to manage their account preferences, privacy controls, and self-enrollment where allowed.Desktop Multi-factor Authentication at the operating system level bolsters security and protects sensitive device-resident data and shared resource access. BIO-key believes the core capabilities of PortalGuard Desktop allow any organization to overcome challenges commonly presented in typical business use cases, including: Shared or Local Workstations: employing roving users on shared workstations or desktops is an operational business mandate across many industries. PortalGuard Desktop provides true MFA when unlocking the device, offering t...