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International Defense Ministry Awards BIO-key over $600K in Follow-On Orders for Secure Biometric Access to Critical Information
HOLMDEL, N.J., June 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key® International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of workforce and customer identity and access management (IAM) solutions featuring Identity-Bound Biometrics (IBB) for phoneless, tokenless, passwordless and phish-resistant authentication experiences, announced that the cyber-defense unit of one of the world’s most renowned defense ministries has placed over $600K in new orders for BIO-key’s biometric user authentication solution
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