BIO-key Partners with Visualforma for Digital Transformation in Portugal
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
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- Strategic Partnership Initiated: BIO-key International has formed a strategic partnership with Portuguese technology integrator Visualforma to launch advanced identity and access management solutions for municipal councils in Portugal, enhancing cybersecurity and improving access to public digital services.
- Nationwide Rollout Plan: Visualforma will lead the nationwide deployment of BIO-key's IAM and biometric technologies across over 250 government organizations in Portugal, ensuring secure access to critical digital services and regulatory compliance, thereby driving the digital transformation of public services.
- Tourist City Implementation: In a major tourist city, BIO-key's solutions are operational, addressing high-volume digital service needs for citizens and visitors, ensuring secure access to municipal services while aligning with the city's smart city strategy.
- Technology Architecture Replication: BIO-key has delivered and operationalized its full IAM and biometric security portfolio within selected municipal operational and citizen service environments, with these deployments serving as validated reference architectures being replicated across additional municipalities, thereby enhancing protection against cyber threats.
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BIO-key International, Inc. is a provider of workforce and customer identity and access management (IAM) solutions featuring passwordless, phoneless and token-less Identity-Bound Biometric (IBB) authentication. The Company’s IAM platform enables secure work-from-anywhere for enterprise, education, and government customers using secure multi-factor authentication (MFA). Its products include PortalGuard and PortalGuard Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) enterprise IAM, WEB-key biometric civil and large-scale ID infrastructure, MobileAuth mobile phone authentication application for iOS and Android, and quality accessory fingerprint scanner and FIDO-compliant hardware to provide complete solution for identity-innovating customers. Its PortalGuard is a cloud-based identity platform that allows its customers to integrate with any cloud or on-premise SaaS application, service or cloud host, as well as Windows device authentication through a single IAM platform.
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Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.








