BIO-key Partners with California Ed Tech JPA to Make its Identity and Access Management Solutions Available to 195 Member Institutions Serving Over 2.6M Students

- BIO-key’s PortalGuard Solution Delivers Secure
Multi-Factor Authentication without Requiring Phones or Tokens -

FRESNO, Calif. and HOLMDEL, N.J., March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key^® International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of workforce and customer Identity and Access Management (IAM) software for phoneless, tokenless, passwordless, and phishing-resistant authentication experiences, announced today a new partnership and Joint Purchase Agreement (JPA) with California’s Education Technology Joint Powers Authority (Ed Tech JPA), an alliance of 195 K-12 schools and school districts serving over 2.6 million students. BIO-key’s PortalGuard Platform was accepted as an approved identity management solution by the Ed Tech JPA following an extensive Request for Proposal (RFP) and review process. Considering California’s growing regulatory limitations on the use of personal mobile devices in schools, PortalGuard’s phone-less and tokenless authentication options stand as competitive differentiators among Multi-Factor Authentication solutions that center on phone authenticators and hardware security keys.

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